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Links to other resources

Transportation, public transit, driver's license, travel

Air Carrier Access Act: Common Questions & Answers about Air Travel for Wheelchair Users - What you should know before making a reservation (pdf) 10 pages, from Paralyzed Veterans of America.

Access San Francisco - Free 25-page access guide is available online, or call 415.391.2000, TTY 415.392.0328.

Designing Accessible Communities - information to help you provide solutions to concerns and questions about access. 

Fly-Rights: A Consumer Guide to Air Travel (html) (September 1994, 58 pages)

Impact: Feature Issue on Disaster Preparedness and People with Disabilities - from the Institute on Community Integration - strategies, stories and resources to help ensure that when the next disaster or emergency occurs, no one is left behind.

New Horizons for the Air Traveler with a Disability. (html) (December 1991, 33 pages)

"Riding the Bus with My Sister," by Rachel Simon - chronicles the daily routine of Rachel Simon's sister, Beth, who has developmental disabilities, and the sisters' relationship.

Supershuttle Settlement Agreement - SuperShuttle International, Inc., provides shared transportation to and from airports. This settlement agreement ensures that Supershuttle provides ives the same level of service to wheelchair users as it does to the general public.

Travel for adults with developmental disabilities - or call 800-686-1013

Universal Design & Visitability: From Accessibility to Zoning (pdf) a 180-page e-book guide to everything you ever wanted to know about why access is important and how to make it happen, with examples from around the world. Also available in large print (pdf).

U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) - Technical assistance to the public on ADA accessibility guidelines

U.S. Department of Transportation - accessibility and equal access to transportation.

U.S. Department of Transportation - Federal Transit Administration - technical assistance on transportation provisions of the ADA - Title II and Title III; to carry out its mission, FTA administers a variety of grant programs to serve local communities.