Article: Making mass transit user-friendly for blind commuters.(Orientation and Mobility for Blind People)

Article: Mass transit for blind travelers. (excerpts from ...
The Futurist;  January 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ...Mass-transit planners are now thinking ... new book, Access to Mass Transit, published by the American ... several problems that blind people encounter in most transit ... Source: Access to Mass Transit for Blind ana visually ...

Article: WHY MASS TRANSIT LOSES OUT TO THE CAR
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  March 3, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... NJ) 03-03-1996 WHY MASS TRANSIT LOSES OUT TO THE CAR By JEFFREY ... and drives anyway. When mass transit isn't quite mass enough ... says. But intrastate use of mass transit remains low. What to do ... passengers, and to inform blind people waiting at bus stops of the ...

Article: Panel approves $38 billion for transportation for FY '95; ...
The Bond Buyer;  June 10, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... highways and $4.7 billion for mass transit. The amount included for highways ... million less than requested and mass transit funding $41.5 million below ... plastic edges are designed so that blind people will be able to tell when they ...

Article: mass transit
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      700+ words ...mass transit public transportation systems designed ... of passengers. Types and Advantages Mass transit refers to municipal or regional public ... nonreserved basis. An important form of mass transit is rapid transit, such as subways and ...

Article: Mass transit through the eyes of a ...
Mass Transit;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... that APTA and its members have made to mass transit over the years. We are kindred spirits ... those not--from that perspective. Mass transit is no exception. A conservative like me sees mass transit as an economic generator first and a ...

Article: Blind people find lingering workplace bias
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  March 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... training have improved to the point that blind people can adeptly perform a dazzling array ... only about 30 percent of working-age blind people have jobs. That figure was calculated ... a blind person, so they assume that blind people are not capable of doing most jobs when ...

Article: Sector Spotlight: Public Good, Fiscal Risk: Mass ...
The Bond Buyer;  July 8, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... environment, and as a result, more and more mass transit programs have been introduced in areas ... According to The Bond Buyer Yearbook, mass transit bonding rose following the passage of ... IBCA Inc. Sometimes politicians build mass transit in the areas which have the most powerful ...