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Tag Archives: Accessibility
Metro Magazine: Travel Software to Aid Disabled Riders
I posted on this earlier, but thought I would note the recent Metro Magazine article on a Travel Assistant Device (TAD), a research project conducted at the University of South Florida’s National Center for Transit Research. This travel assistance system … Continue reading
Big Noise: Accessibility via Gadgetry
Another example of how Google Transit can be extended to make transit information conveniently available to more people in more places. The Travel Assistive Device program in Florida uses Google Transit feed (GTFS) for schedule and stop information. From Big … Continue reading
PDF schedules make unhappy riders & web-surfers
MetroRiderLA has a post on the PDF schedules on Metro’s website. The blogger, Fred Camino, expresses his frustration with the PDF format when used as the exclusive means to present transit schedule data. He calls PDF schedules “obtrusive, annoying, and … Continue reading
Judge rules inaccessible website violates ADA
In a recent article I wrote, Creating accessible transit websites, I mentioned that a federal district court judge recently issued a landmark decision in a nationwide class-action lawsuit against Target Corporation for failing to make its website accessible to the … Continue reading
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Creating accessible transit websites
This article was featured in the Winter 2007 Recently, a federal district court judge issued a landmark decision in a nationwide class-action lawsuit against Target Corporation for failing to make its website accessible to the blind, violating the Americans With … Continue reading
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