Alternate route: Should buses be pulled from Downtown streets?
The Port Authority will have to maneuver carefully as it attempts to reroute Downtown buses, and trying to get too many of them out of the city's core could be a road to ruin. At the behest of...
View ArticleDisabled people bond with sibs at Ohio retreat
The tandem swing goes so high it requires harnesses and a hoist, plus safety helmets and nerve. More than a few of the would-be riders looked up — 34 feet up, to be exact — and balked. Barb Sapharas...
View ArticleObituary: Rachel A. Freund / Tenacious fighter for people with mental illnesses
Rachel A. Freund, with a tenacity for organizing and passion for the underdog, promoted the causes of people with mental illness in ways few others envisioned or tried in recent years. Through advocacy...
View ArticleEthiopian Advocates for Inclusion for People with Disabilities
Kim Lewis The Convention on The Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which held its seventh annual session in New York from June 10-12, gave delegates from around the world a chance to exchange ideas...
View ArticleLawmaker seeks Pittsburgh transit agency changes
The top-ranking Republican in the Pennsylvania Senate said Friday he will be pushing to overhaul the governance structure for the mass transit system that serves Pittsburgh and its...
View ArticleDisabled riders stiff shuttle drivers
The honor system's not working. Broward County taxpayers are footing an increasing bill for disabled riders who aren't paying for public transit. Worried that the losses could grow, county leaders have...
View ArticleDisability effort takes flight
Giant Eagle has a long history of hiring and training workers with disabilities. For decades, the O'Hara-based supermarket chain has counted among its employees people who are deaf, blind or have other...
View ArticleGRTC CUTS GRTC seeks rate increases, service cuts for disabled
GRTC Transit System is asking the Richmond City Council to authorize some combination of fare increases and service cuts for disabled and elderly riders who depend on the curb-to-curb CARE...
View ArticleT expansion could take tracks to the North Hills, cost estimate over $1 billion
A year after opening the North Shore Connector, elected officials are talking with engineers about again extending Port Authority of Allegheny County's light-rail system. “I think it's something we...
View ArticleFighting for Access for People with Disabilities
WEST SENECA (WKBW) It has been 23 years since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, bringing up the question of equal access. To buildings, stores, restaurants, and more. But many here in...
View ArticleUnited Cerebral Palsy of Delaware, County to hold ribbon cutting for...
(Source: New Castle County, DE) NEW CASTLE, Del. - County Executive Tom Gordon, United Cerebral Palsy of Delaware, Inc., and Councilman George Smiley are scheduled to hold a ribbon cutting this morning...
View ArticleTuesday, September 23, 2014 - Florida Governor, Cabinet Select St. Lucie...
(Source: St Lucie County, FL) Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - Florida Governor, Cabinet Select St. Lucie County for New Veterans' Nursing Home St. Lucie County has officially been awarded the site of the...
View ArticleFriday, November 1, 2013 - St. Lucie County Hosts Open Houses To Seek Input...
(Source: St Lucie County, FL) Friday, November 1, 2013 - St. Lucie County Hosts Open Houses To Seek Input On Bus System St. Lucie County Council on Aging and the Community Services Department will be...
View ArticleState Senate president’s bill would revamp Port Authority
The president of Pennsylvania's Senate says he'll introduce legislation to restructure the Port Authority of Allegheny County, whose financial woes he calls chronic and unsustainable, and strip most of...
View ArticleCourtney Spruill, Gym Teacher, Suspended For Twerking With Students
A physical education teacher in Florida has been suspended after allegedly giving students twerking lessons. Courtney Spruill, who teaches history and PE at Kernan Middle School in Jacksonville was...
View ArticleNew NSP homes available for purchase by eligible households (City of Port St...
(Source: City of Port St Lucie, FL) Watch "New NSP homes In Port St. Lucie Available for Purchase PSA" 1 minute, 21 seconds Posted: April 10, 2014 The City of Port St. Lucie is building five new...
View ArticlePa. officials mull consolidating transit agencies
Some southwestern Pennsylvania officials are broaching the idea of consolidating the region's 10 transit agencies into one, arguing that such efforts could save taxpayers millions. Allegheny County...
View ArticleSt. Lucie County holding public workshops to develop bus service plan (City...
(Source: City of Port St Lucie, FL) Posted: Oct. 31, 2013 ST. LUCIE COUNTY-St. Lucie County is planning two open house workshops to support development of the County's bus service plan, St. Lucie...
View ArticleTravel Training Program Educates People with Disabilities on How to Use...
(Source: RTA - Regional Transportation Authority) For immediate release Date: July 15, 2014 Contact: Susan Massel, Director, Communications and Public Affairs 312-913-3256 This e-mail...
View ArticleRTA Seniors and People With Disabilities to Receive Informational Mailing...
(Source: RTA - Regional Transportation Authority) The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) began mailing notices today, notifying its customers about the transition of RTA's Reduced Fare, Ride Free...
View ArticleFlorida Governor, Cabinet select Port St. Lucie for new veterans nursing home...
(Source: City of Port St Lucie, FL) Posted: Sept. 23, 2014 Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet unanimously approved Tuesday a 28.5-acre site in Tradition for construction of the state's seventh...
View ArticleSweeping New Bill Seeks To Help Students With Disabilities, But It May Not Go...
The bipartisan overhaul of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act trumpeted in Washington, D.C. Wednesday includes provisions aimed to help students with disabilities find well-paying work, but...
View ArticleRTA Board Allocates $4.4 Million in Federal Dollars to Benefit Seniors and...
(Source: RTA - Regional Transportation Authority) For immediate release Date: November 19, 2014 Contact: Susan Massel, Director, Communications and Public Affairs, RTA 312-913-3256 This e-mail...
View Article17 additional routes added to Port Authority real-time bus arrival system
Sep 11, 2014, 4:34pm EDT Send this story to a friend Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Copy Me Add a brief note: Send Email Processing... File/Joe...
View ArticleD-backs place Pacheco on 15-day disabled list and recall Spruill from...
PHOENIX - The Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) placed infielder/catcher Jordan Pacheco on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder tendinitis and recalled right-handed pitcher Zeke Spruill...
View ArticlePriority Seating is for People with Disabilities and Older Adults (RTA -...
(Source: RTA - Regional Transportation Authority) For immediate release Date: July 16, 2014 Contact: Susan Massel, Director, Communications and Public Affairs 312-913-3256 This e-mail...
View ArticleCounty commissioners agree to purchase new fleet of Palm Tran Connection...
Palm Beach County commissioners Tuesday approved sweeping changes — with a $17 million price tag— aimed at improving Palm Tran Connection, the county’s beleaguered bus service for the elderly and...
View ArticleFriday, December 5, 2014 - Secret Santas Board Treasure Coast Connector Buses...
(Source: St Lucie County, FL) Friday, December 5, 2014 - Secret Santas Board Treasure Coast Connector Buses Dec. 8-12 St. Lucie County Community Transit/Treasure Coast Connector riders might have a...
View ArticleProposal will make Downtown Pittsburgh core totally bus-free
Port Authority has begun working on a plan to remove buses and bus stops from the heart of Downtown Pittsburgh. The plan, backed by Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and the city's presumptive...
View ArticleBackground checks for employees working with developmentally disabled people...
A program that protects some of the most vulnerable people from being taken advantage of, is actually putting them in a more vulnerable situation. It is a system that requires potential employees to...
View ArticleHarkin Leads Bipartisan Effort to Update Workforce Development Bill, Improve...
(Source: Tom Harkin) May 21, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), chairman of the Senate's HELP Committee, has led a bipartisan, bicameral effort to reauthorize the Workforce Investment...
View ArticlePacheco hits DL, Spruill called up as rotation shuffles
play video Top Prospects: Zeke Spruill, RHP, D-backs Facebook Twitter Email PHOENIX -- The D-backs placed catcher/infielder Jordan Pacheco on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder tendinitis and...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon and University at Buffalo researchers improving transit and...
(Source: SUNY - The State University of New York) Main Street near UB's South Campus. As part of a five-year project in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University, UB researchers are studying ways of...
View ArticleMAYOR RAVENSTAHL WELCOMES ADA-FRIENDLY TAXIS, HIGHLIGHTS OTHER EFFORTS TO...
(Source: City of Pittsburgh, PA) (PITTSBURGH) Feb. 11, 2013 Mayor Luke Ravenstahl today joined Pittsburgh Transportation Group (PTG) and members of the City and County American with Disabilities...
View ArticleCounty Lauds Cooperative Effort that Maintains Heritage, ACTA Service...
(Source: Allegheny County, PA) COUNTY OF Rich Fitzgerald County Executive ALLEGHENY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 24, 2014 CONTACT: Amie M. Downs 412-350-3711 office 412-327-3700 cell County Lauds...
View ArticleBus-free Downtown Pittsburgh core on hold
A project to reroute buses in Downtown Pittsburgh, moving them away from the center of town, goes back to March 2012, when the Port Authority quietly amended a contract to include a study of how that...
View ArticleGetting better Metrorail and Metrobus service starts with showing up to ask...
Metro board members just finished a season of listening to riders talk about the transit system. What did that get riders? Well, it’s getting them a fare increase, but then, the transit authority’s...
View ArticleObituary: Thomas Letky / Transit executive pioneered accessibility for disabled
The view from the inside of a steel mill was not to his liking, so Thomas V. Letky took a job as a streetcar operator. The change proved fortuitous, both for him and for Pittsburghers with...
View ArticleLucy Spruill / She never stopped fighting for people with disabilities
As Allegheny County was grappling in the 1990s with the new transit requirements stemming from the recently passed Americans with Disabilities Act, the idea was floated to cut back service for disabled...
View ArticleTravel Training Program Educates People with Disabilities and Older Adults on...
(Source: RTA - Regional Transportation Authority) RTA Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act Chicago - The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), Chicago Transit Authority...
View ArticlePort Authority board compromise reached
HARRISBURG -- A compromise agreement to a bill that would have stripped the Allegheny County executive of most of his appointments to the Port Authority board is expected to pass the state Senate...
View ArticleSpruill's development could help D-backs' rotation
It usually takes a good amount of time to evaluate a trade. Any trade. When prospects are involved, patience and time are requirements for an accurate and fair trade evaluation. One of the most...
View ArticleFate unclear for RideACTA transit in Robinson, WorkLink in Mon Valley
At least through July 20, many in low-income areas can continue relying on two-connector transit services to get them to work and medical facilities. But after that, it's unclear what will happen. The...
View ArticlePa. transit system extends disability fares
A western Pennsylvania transit system says a half-fare rate for people with disabilities during nonpeak hours will be available all the...
View ArticlePa. Senate declares impasse over Medicare
HARRISBURG -- The state Senate passed a budget-related bill without language for Medicaid expansion Wednesday before adjourning for the summer, although several senators indicated they intend to...
View ArticlePennsylvania Legislature fails to act on transportation funding
Despite bipartisan support and consensus among a diverse array of interest groups that included labor, business, highway builders, transit riders, environmentalists and groups representing elderly and...
View ArticleFare treatment: The Port Authority gives a boost to the disabled
Having reduced service and increased fares in recent years, the Port Authority has not been the recipient of much love from Allegheny County residents lately. But today we applaud some positive changes...
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