Sentences with phrase «made wheelchair accessible»

When modified by an independent aftermarket supplier6, these vehicles can be made wheelchair accessible for a driver or front passenger.

NEW YORK — Embattled City Comptroller John Liu threatened Wednesday to kill the «Taxi of Tomorrow,» warning the plan was «dead on arrival» unless all new cabs were made wheelchair accessible.

Government health plans may not provide coverage for all treatments or medicines and if you need to make modifications to your house (e.g. make it wheelchair accessible) or require daily care at home, you may find yourself exhausting your savings in order to cover these costs.

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Residents have complained of the scooters routinely blocking sidewalks and building entrances, causing people to trip, and making sidewalks less accessible for people who use wheelchairs.

It also makes the view accessible to people who use wheelchairs, visitors afraid of heights, and others who choose not to purchase a ticket to the top.

The plaintiffs allege the ride - hailing company discriminates against people who use wheelchairs by not making available wheelchair - accessible cars in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Whatever the means, the subject must be brought into the open, where people can deal with it, rather than fear it: Clergy can also work to make the church facilities architecturally accessible by installing wheelchair ramps as well as making bathrooms accessible to wheelchairs.

The equipment at Charles Brown Park, Dawes Street and Warwick Lane, will be made completely wheelchair accessible.

But Cuomo said that industry officials had warned him that the 2,000 permits would not sell because of the added expenses involved in making the cars wheelchair - accessible, the sources said

De Blasio is proposing a 30 - cent surcharge on all taxi rides to make the city's yellow cab and outerborough limousine fleet more wheelchair accessible.

I have made making every subway station in the 43 rd Council District wheelchair accessible.

Mayor de Blasio is proposing a 30 - cent surcharge on all taxi rides to make the city's yellow cab and outerborough limousine fleet more wheelchair accessible.

The Flagbearer of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Ivor Kobina Greenstreet, has said that although the designers of the seat of government, the Flagstaff House, failed to make the edifice accessible to physically challenged persons, he would occupy the facility as Ghana's first President in a wheelchair.

Former U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa is getting into New York's ride - hailing debate, urging his fellow Democrat, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to require companies like Uber and Lyft to make a portion of their fleet accessible to people in wheelchairs.

With five bills headed for a hearing today, the United Spinal Association and other groups say the Council should be pursuing legislation to force Uber to make its cars accessible to wheelchair users.

Although he supports a 100 % accessible taxi fleet, he opposes legislation to make livery fleets and shuttles wheelchair accessible.

The Plan aims at: developing operational plans, processes and related instructions that take the needs of PWDs into account; designing layouts of polling stations to make them more accessible to PWDs; procuring magnifying glasses, tactile stickers for ballots boxes, large grip pens and other materials to assist PWDs and making cubicles, booths more accessible to wheelchair users.

With five bills headed for a hearing Monday, the United Spinal Association and other groups say the Council should be pursuing legislation to force Uber to make its cars accessible to wheelchair users.

James Weisman, president and CEO of the United Spinal Association, sent Gov. Andrew Cuomo a letter last week urging him to require the companies to make their vehicles accessible for wheelchair users.

Stanford eventually made bathrooms, walkways, buildings, and Powell's lab more wheelchair - accessible.

Computer scientists from the University of Lincoln, UK, the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and University College Cork, Ireland, worked with a leading special needs school in Lincoln to examine whether new motion - based gaming technologies and interactive design approaches could make video games more accessible and appealing for children who use powered wheelchairs.

Ramps for wheelchairs to make as much of the garden accessible as possible and textured paving to help those with a visual impairment get around the garden are important features that can be made to look attract as well as being practical.

When curbs were cut to make sidewalks wheelchair accessible, those changes may have appeared to some as expensive and unnecessary.

(5) the purchase or lease by such entity of a new van with a seating capacity of less than 8 passengers, including the driver, which is to be used to provide specified public transportation and for which a solicitation is made after the 30th day following the effective date of this section that is not readily accessible to or usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs; except that the new van need not be readily accessible to and usable by such individuals if the entity can demonstrate that the system for which the van is being purchased or leased, when viewed in its entirety, provides a level of service to such individuals equivalent to the level of service provided to the general public;

-- It shall be considered discrimination for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) for a responsible person to fail to make existing stations in the intercity rail transportation system, and existing key stations in commuter rail transportation systems, readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation in regulations issued under section 244.

Where the public entity is undertaking an alteration that affects or could affect usability of or access to an area of the facility containing a primary function, the entity shall also make the alterations in such a manner that, to the maximum extent feasible, the path of travel to the altered area and the bathrooms, telephones, and drinking fountains serving the altered area, are readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, upon completion of such alterations, where such alterations to the path of travel or the bathrooms, telephones, and drinking fountains serving the altered area are not disproportionate to the overall alterations in terms of cost and scope (as determined under criteria established by the Attorney General).

(7) the remanufacture by such entity of a rail passenger car that is to be used to provide specified public transportation so as to extend its usable life for 10 years or more, or the purchase or lease by such entity of such a rail car, unless the rail car, to the maximum extent feasible, is made readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs.

(6) the purchase or lease by such entity of a new rail passenger car that is to be used to provide specified public transportation, and for which a solicitation is made later than 30 days after the effective date of this paragraph, that is not readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs; and

-- Subject to subsection (c)(1), it shall be considered discrimination for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) for a public entity which operates a fixed route system to purchase or lease, after the 30th day following the effective date of this subsection, a used vehicle for use on such system unless such entity makes demonstrated good faith efforts to purchase or lease a used vehicle for use on such system that is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs.

-- All stations in the intercity rail transportation system shall be made readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 years after the date of enactment of this Act.

-- It shall be considered discrimination for a private entity which operates a fixed route system and which is not subject to section 304 to purchase or lease a vehicle with a seating capacity in excess of 16 passengers (including the driver) for use on such system, for which a solicitation is made after the 30th day following the effective date of this subparagraph, that is not readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs.

-- It shall be considered discrimination for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) for a person to remanufacture a rail passenger car for use in intercity or commuter rail transportation so as to extend its usable life for 10 years or more, unless the rail car, to the maximum extent feasible, is made readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation in regulations issued under section 244.

(ii) the purchase or lease by such entity for use on such system of a vehicle with a seating capacity in excess of 16 passengers (including the driver), for which solicitations are made after the 30th day following the effective date of this subparagraph, that is not readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities (including individuals who use wheelchairs) unless such entity can demonstrate that such system, when viewed in its entirety, provides a level of service to individuals with disabilities equivalent to that provided to individuals without disabilities.

-- Except as otherwise provided in this subsection with respect to individuals who use wheelchairs, it shall be considered discrimination for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) for a person to purchase or lease any new rail passenger cars for use in intercity rail transportation, and for which a solicitation is made later than 30 days after the effective date of this section, unless all such rail cars are readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation in regulations issued under section 244.

-- It shall be considered discrimination for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) for a person to purchase or lease a used rail passenger car for use in intercity or commuter rail transportation, unless such person makes demonstrated good faith efforts to purchase or lease a used rail car that is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation in regulations issued under section 244.

-- Key stations in commuter rail transportation systems shall be made readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as soon as practicable but in no event later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, except that the time limit may be extended by the Secretary of Transportation up to 20 years after the date of enactment of this Act in a case where the raising of the entire passenger platform is the only means available of attaining accessibility or where other extraordinarily expensive structural changes are necessary to attain accessibility.

(3) the purchase or lease by such entity of a new vehicle (other than an automobile, a van with a seating capacity of less than 8 passengers, including the driver, or an over-the-road bus) which is to be used to provide specified public transportation and for which a solicitation is made after the 30th day following the effective date of this section, that is not readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs; except that the new vehicle need not be readily accessible to and usable by such individuals if the new vehicle is to be used solely in a demand responsive system and if the entity can demonstrate that such system, when viewed in its entirety, provides a level of service to such individuals equivalent to the level of service provided to the general public;

-- It shall be considered discrimination, for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), with respect to alterations that affect or could affect the usability of or access to an area of the station containing a primary function, for the responsible person, owner, or person in control of the station to fail to make the alterations in such a manner that, to the maximum extent feasible, the path of travel to the altered area, and the bathrooms, telephones, and drinking fountains serving the altered area, are readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, upon completion of such alterations, where such alterations to the path of travel or the bathrooms, telephones, and drinking fountains serving the altered area are not disproportionate to the overall alterations in terms of cost and scope (as determined under criteria established by the Attorney General).

-- It shall be considered discrimination, for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), with respect to alterations of an existing station or part thereof in the intercity or commuter rail transportation systems that affect or could affect the usability of the station or part thereof, for the responsible person, owner, or person in control of the station to fail to make the alterations in such a manner that, to the maximum extent feasible, the altered portions of the station are readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, upon completion of such alterations.

-- For purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), it shall be considered discrimination for a public entity that provides designated public transportation to fail, in accordance with the provisions of this subsection, to make key stations (as determined under criteria established by the Secretary by regulation) in rapid rail and light rail systems readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs.

-- It shall be considered discrimination for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) for a public entity which operates a fixed route system to purchase or lease a new bus, a new rapid rail vehicle, a new light rail vehicle, or any other new vehicle to be used on such system, if the solicitation for such purchase or lease is made after the 30th day following the effective date of this subsection and if such bus, rail vehicle, or other vehicle is not readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs.

-- With respect to alterations of an existing facility or part thereof used in the provision of designated public transportation services that affect or could affect the usability of the facility or part thereof, it shall be considered discrimination, for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), for a public entity to fail to make such alterations (or to ensure that the alterations are made) in such a manner that, to the maximum extent feasible, the altered portions of the facility are readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, upon the completion of such alterations.

Features include; air conditioning, trash compactor, high speed internet, washer and dryer, and wheelchair accessible rooms to make life a little bit easier.

You could use the money to make your home wheelchair accessible, or pay for a special van, or even for adult day care or that home health aide.

Child friendly and wheelchair accessible, Chalet Grace makes an ideal destination for multigenerational family reunions or corporate retreats.

Although many of these areas already have wheelchair - accessible campsites, restrooms and trails, we are continuing to make more sites accessible.

Many rooms are wheelchair accessible, there is on site secure undercover parking and guests can make full use of the pool, spa, sauna and gym at their leisure.

Our guesthouse is easily accessible for the physically challenged and 1 room has been tailor - made for wheelchair access.

Accessible trolley & train tours require advanced notice — Key West wheelchair access trolley and trains are limited so be sure to make your reservations before you arrive.

While Grand Turk lacks accessible boat docks that disabled visitors can use, the flat nature of this small island makes it wheelchair - friendly enough for disabled cruisers to have a great time!