Community mobility: Getting where you want to go

Abstract: Video provides information about different accessible transportation options available for people with disabilities in the greater Seattle metropolitan area, including buses, light rail, Access, Senior Shuttle (HYDE Shuttle), Metro’s Dial-A-Ride Transit (DART) and Bus Rapid Transit. Presenters discuss these services as well as additional programs that can help people learn how to use the transportation system, plan their trips, and feel comfortable traveling around the community independently. Helpful resources, travel tips and information about volunteer transportation and wheelchair accessible taxis are also provided. Run time: 52 minutes.

NARIC Accession Number: O18629.  What's this?
Author(s): Connolly, Jodi; Bryant, Amanda.
Project Number: H133N060033.
Publisher(s): Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Box 356490, Seattle, Washington, 98195; 206/685-3999.
Publication Year: 2011.
Descriptor Terms: ACCESSIBILITY, AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS, COMMUNITY INTEGRATION, COMMUNITY RESOURCES, DAILY LIVING, INDEPENDENT LIVING, MOTOR VEHICLES, PARAPLEGIA, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, QUADRIPLEGIA, SPINAL CORD INJURIES, TRANSPORTATION ACCESSIBILITY, TRAVEL, WHEELCHAIRS.