Links to non-PAI resources
Transportation, public transit, driver's license, travel
- Access Northern California - Ramping the way to accessible travel
- Access San Francisco - Free 25-page access guide is available online, by e-mail vic1@sanfrancisco.travel, or call 415.391.2000, TTY 415.392.0328.
- Accessible tram service every 15 minutes in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park during Car Free Days - from May until the end of September (2008), trams will make car-free roads accessible to people with disabilities. Here is the notice about Golden Gate Park road closures.
- Designing Accessible Communities - www.designingaccessiblecommunities.org/ - information to help you provide solutions to concerns and questions about access.
- 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.
- "Riding the Bus with My Sister," by Rachel Simon - www.rachelsimon.com - 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 - U.S. and worldwide - tripsinc.com/home/tr1/listcats - or call 800-686-1013
- Universal Design & Visitability: From Accessibility to Zoning - 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.
- U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) - www.access-board.gov - Technical assistance to the public on ADA accessibility guidelines
- U.S. Department of Transportation - www.dot.gov
- U.S. Department of Transportation - Federal Transit Administration - www.fta.dot.gov - Technical assistance on transportation provisions of the ADA - Title II and Title III