COUNTYWIDE : Transit for Disabled Is Topic of Hearing
Dozens of people are expected to testify in favor of increased transit service for the disabled today at a public hearing conducted by the Orange County Transportation Authority.
The agency will be reviewing its proposals for complying with the new Americans With Disabilities Act, adopted by Congress last year.
Under the act, transit service for the disabled must be comparable to that provided on regular, fixed-route public bus systems.
OCTA staffers have recommended using existing resources to comply with the act, by providing para-transit services as well as group or agency-sponsored trips. These sponsored trips are currently provided by dial-a-ride and the county’s Consolidated Transportation Services Agency for adult day health care and Head Start programs.
Because of the act’s tougher eligibility requirements, some people who currently subscribe to on-demand, curb-to-curb dial-a-ride van service will have to use the regular, fixed-route bus system, OCTA officials said.
The public hearing is in the Planning Commission Hearing Room on the ground floor of the county Hall of Administration, corner of Santa Ana Boulevard and Broadway, Santa Ana.
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