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Access the Community

Transportation systems are too often unavailable, inaccessible or unequal to people with disabilities. NDRN and the Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Network work to monitor accessibility in a variety of settings, and help enforce federal and state laws relating to accessibility to make sure transportation systems are improved and maintained so people with disabilities can live fully in the community.

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All Aboard (Except People with Disabilities)

In this report, we review Amtrak’s 23 Years of ADA Compliance Failure.

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  • ADA & Civil Rights

    NDRN Comments concerning access for service and emotional support animals to planes

    August 9, 2018

    NDRN comments to the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published by the Department of Transportation concerning access for service animals, including emotional support animals, under the Air Carrier Access Act.

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  • Justice System

    NDRN Joins Amicus in Transportation Case

    August 9, 2017

    NDRN joined the Impact Fund and ten other disability and civil rights organizations in an amicus arguing that plaintiffs showed that a class action was appropriate and the plaintiffs met the commonality requirement even in the absence of an explicit system-wide policy governing hotel transportation services.

    Amicus Brief
  • Community Integration

    All Aboard (Except People with Disabilities): Amtrak’s 23 Years of ADA Compliance Failure

    October 1, 2013

    A review of Amtrak stations found 95% have major barriers preventing people with disabilities from using the nation’s rail system. NDRN and the P&A Network reviewed 94 stations in 25 states and the District of Columbia.Most of the stations reviewed were found to have one or more architectural barriers…

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