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Experiencing, addressing, and improving accessibility within WMATA: WMATA Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC) December 4, 2014 EhancingLivABILITY.net Bill Staderman, Ph.D. Slide 2 Bill Staderman TASH December 4, 20142 Advocate To pleading for or in behalf of another, support, or recommend; a person who speaks or writes in support or defense of a person, cause, etc. Advise To give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion; to recommend as desirable, wise, prudent, etc.; to give (a person, group, etc.) information or notice Slide 3 WMATA AAC The Accessibility Advisory Committee at WMATA is comprised of representatives who have disabilities, chosen from the regions covered by WMATA services. In this presentation I will talk about several programs with which the AAC has recently been involved and helped develop. Work of the AAC illustrates the benefits of program administrators working with program consumers in improving a public system for future use. 3Bill Staderman TASH December 4, 2014 Slide 4 Components of success EnvironmentStyle Passion Bill Staderman TASH December 4, 20144 Slide 5 Aligning arguments for change Safety is most important Popular Team with cyclists and strollers Legal Economic financial, engineering, time, effort Paratransit is more expensive Bill Staderman TASH December 4, 20145 Slide 6 Experiencing Metrorail Metro bus MetroAccess Bill Staderman TASH December 4, 20146 Slide 7 Addressing Feedback Bill Staderman TASH December 4, 20147 BRSMACS AAC Meetings Applications www.wmata.com www.wmata.com ACCESSIBILITY Slide 8 Improving Evaluating Recommending Proposing Monitoring Bill Staderman TASH December 4, 20148 Projects: The AAC Reviewed and provided input for the development of: Fare Calculator; Fare Policy; Signage; Farecard Dispensers; Faregates; Rider Safety Brochure; Bumpy Domes; Station Lighting; Emergency evacuation; 7000 Series Railcars; Accessible Bus Stops; Elevator rehabilitation project Slide 9 Recent Projects: 7000 Series Railcar Bill Staderman TASH December 4, 20149 18 of 19 requests are in current designs Slide 10 Recent Projects: Bus Stop Accessibility Bill Staderman TASH December 4, 201410 More than half of the regions 19,000 stops are inaccessible Firm landing surface At least 5 wide and 8 long Connects to the curb Metro has added: A curb cut at the corner nearest the bus stop with a matching curb cut at (at least) one adjacent corner Slide 11 11Bill Staderman TASH December 4, 2014 Slide 12 12Bill Staderman TASH December 4, 2014 Slide 13 13Bill Staderman TASH December 4, 2014