Disability Access to Transportation Act
Summary
Disability Access to Transportation Act This bill expands transportation access for individuals with disabilities. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Transportation to establish a one-stop paratransit pilot program to develop or expand paratransit programs carried out pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) to prevent long wait times between multiple trips that unduly limit an individual's ability to complete essential tasks; issue regulations enforcing guidelines that set forth minimum standards for pedestrian facilities in the public right-of-way, including shared use paths; implement procedures that allow an individual to submit an ADA complaint by phone, by mail-in form, and online; require each public transit provider and contractor providing paratransit services to post certain information for how an individual can file a disability-related complaint; file yearly reports of accessibility complaints; and create an accessibility data pilot program to assist states and metropolitan or rural planning organizations to improve their transportation planning.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 9, 2021
Last action Mar 10, 2021
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Mar 10, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
lower
Mar 9, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
lower
Mar 9, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
James R. Langevin
DDemocratic
Co
Carolyn Bourdeaux
DDemocratic
Co
Deborah K. Ross
DDemocratic
Co
Dina Titus
DDemocratic
Co
Earl Blumenauer
DDemocratic
Co
Grace F. Napolitano
DDemocratic
Co
Jahana Hayes
DDemocratic
Co
Kim Schrier
DDemocratic
Co
Steve Cohen
DDemocratic
Co
Veronica Escobar
DDemocratic
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