Speakers:
• Ron Brooks, Founder & CEO, Accessible Avenue, Arizona
• Denise Jess, Executive Director & CEO, Wisconsin Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired
• Nancy D. Miller, Executive Director & CEO, VISIONS, New York
Topics to be Covered
This interactive webinar outlines the framework of public transit, its regulations and funding, and challenges of public transit faced by people who are blind/visually impaired.
• The challenges of using public transportation
• Defining public transit: What it is and what it’s not
• How transit is regulated: A summary of the myriad regulations that impact transit
• How transit is funded and what it costs: A summary of federal, state, regional, and local funding sources
• The role of citizens in the process: Transit is governed at the local level; how citizens can interact
• Microtransit: A successful model in Jersey City, NJ
