[nfb-talk] FW: [acb-l] Fw: [Missouri-l] Fwd:InformationAlertonADA Transportation Bill
Mike Freeman
k7uij at panix.com
Sat Nov 10 19:35:08 CST 2007
You're welcome. I felt the same way; that's why I asked Mim McCarthy.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: James Aldrich
To: NFB Talk Mailing List
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] FW: [acb-l] Fw: [Missouri-l]
Fwd:InformationAlertonADA Transportation Bill
Thank you mike!
We have one such company serving Montana under the Trailways name.
Its
local name is Rimrock Stage. It serves Montana and parts of North
Dakota.
I prefer using them over Greyhound when I can! I wanted to hear
comments
from our own people so to speak as to what this was all about! I
didn't
feel the forwarded information was very clear!
Thanks again!
Jim Aldrich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] FW: [acb-l] Fw: [Missouri-l] Fwd:
InformationAlertonADA Transportation Bill
Jim:
The legislation is aimed at so-called "over-the-road" bus companies
which compete against Grayhound for long-haul business at reduced
prices. These are much more common in the East than they are west of
the
Mississippi. There have been quite a few cases (some involving members
of NFB) wherein such companies refused to transport people with guide
dogs. I think Joe Orozco ran into this problem a year or two ago. I
exchanged email with Jim McCarthy and he said it was worthwhile
legislation.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: James Aldrich
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Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] FW: [acb-l] Fw: [Missouri-l] Fwd:
Information
AlertonADA Transportation Bill
Hello all,
What specific types of transportation are affected by this
legislation? I
fail to understand whether we are discussing city buses, Greyhound,
door to
door transportation or which type of transportation is causing such
concern!
I have seen this elsewhere and felt I needed a clearer explanation.
Jim Aldrich
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Date:
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Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:26 PM
Subject: [Missouri-l] Fwd: Information Alert on ADA Transportation
Bill
>Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 19:02:24 -0500 (EST)
>From: Anne Sommers - JFA Moderator <jfamoderator at aol.com>
>Reply-To: jfamoderator at aol.com
>To: chailey4 at ipa.net
>Subject: Information Alert on ADA Transportation Bill
>
>Justice For All Email List logo
>
>Information Alert on ADA Transportation Legislation
>JFA Daily
>11/06/07
>In This Issue
>Information Alert on ADA Transportation Bill
>Article Highlights Story behind ADA Film "Music Within"
>Giving to AAPD through the CFC
>"New Devices Open Communications for Deaf"
>
>***INFORMATION ALERT***
>
>(From<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001EKdGaswVmwDaRY7S1-rHn2Ibr1q7HqGKIWM6tpQp1isjfe142K9f4IYqhFi4V8DUMOLKh6PfhtqHLnXIrr8EUMNyZXDjxFc31N_cZbOjjDk=>DREDF):
>
>SUPPORT H.R. 3985
>The Over-the-Road Bus Transportation Accessibility Act of 2007
>
>Disability organizations and advocates are
>encouraged to support support H.R. 3985, The
>Over-the-Road Bus Transportation Accessibility
>Act of 2007. This bill would address the problem
>of private intercity bus companies without
>stations, known as curbside carriers, that
>ignore the ADA. These companies, which use
>high-floor "over-the-road" buses and offer
>budget fares along the Eastern seaboard and
>across the country, do not provide accessible
>buses and have frequently discriminated against
>people with disabilities in other violations of
>the ADA by, for example, denying transportation
>to blind people with guide dogs or requiring
>them to sit in the last row of the bus.
>
>HR 3985 would require the Federal Motor Carrier
>Safety Administration (FMCSA), the office at DOT
>that licenses and regulates privately-operated
>bus carriers, to fully consider ADA compliance
>when it grants and revokes operating authority
>to passenger motor carriers. FMCSA has
>repeatedly stated that it won't, or can't,
>consider ADA compliance in its licensing
>decisions, despite a US Court of Appeals
>decision from the DC Circuit last year asking
>DOT to do so. (Peter Pan Bus Lines, Inc., et al
>v. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration,
>No. 05-1436, U.S. Court of Appeals, DC Circuit, December 19, 2006)
>
>HR 3985 does not amend the ADA, but rather,
>amends the law that gives FMCSA its authority,
>adding the DOT ADA regulation (Part 37) to the
>list of items FMCSA must consider in granting
>and revoking operating authority. It also
>requires FMCSA implementation in 30 days and a
>coordinated enforcement agreement between FMCSA
>and the Department of Justice in six months.
>
>This bill is available
><http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001EKdGaswVmwBBfMZG9RiY7YxmTys9PBRj0gh8DuySbcWCHAwyCz4EMgCuQFnUky4rZJrfMoejNhLgiBZ8YVNKoRAOz0burYNCxfA-vgfX4Ac2kXwrya_catX0Il_dQQEEWCLd7O9FM3nUa47mvXE5Z0ii6Mj3vqN91CRHB4cSgR0=>online
>and was passed unanimously on October 31 by the
>House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
>
>Below is a strong statement by Congressman
>Oberstar introducing the bill. He describes the
>ADA problem with curbside carriers, how the
>Department of Transportation (via its
>subdivision, the FMCSA) has resisted
>consideration of ADA compliance in its licensing
>decisions, and how HR 3985 would address this problem.
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>Any disability organization that wants to
>express support of
><http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001EKdGaswVmwAL5LhG9zjte953ZXj2B0PzSFtdlyPBcyJKZ62f__rLDcEasRX_tPdjwL8F2vsacO7YkjYTNVpnLwRsRfBmZs0kNAhWLBESifTbVYYxSY_nzKCUJ703m6ofYW9tJ2K6d6aJAp3uO9YWsd4mqOP1yRTq>HR
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>bill, with cc's to Chairman Oberstar, Committee
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>Ranking Minority Duncan, all original
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>the letter to Committee staff Helena Zyblikewycz
>for the majority
>(<mailto:Helena.Zyblikewycz at mail.house.gov>Helena.Zyblikewycz at mail.house.gov)
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>Read Congressman Oberstar's strong
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>of support when introducing the bill.
>
>Article Highlights Story behind ADA Film "Music Within"
>
> From USA Today:
>Disabled war veteran's activism forges onto film
>
>"His story was about to be told up on the big
>screen, but as Richard Pimentel stood to thank
>his friends and fellow activists for coming to
>this preview screening in his hometown, he
>realized his legacy was all around him.
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>years ago, wouldn't have had ramps to enter the
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>disabilities who wouldn't have had devices
>providing special amplification, and blind
>people wouldn't have been able to listen to an
>audio description of the Pimentel biopic Music Within.
>
>"None of that would have existed were it not for
>the Americans With Disability Act (ADA)," says
>Pimentel, 59, who lost most of his hearing in an
>explosion during his service in the Army during
>the Vietnam War. "What we've accomplished is amazing."
>
>So amazing, in fact, that Hollywood came calling..."
>
>... Read the rest of the
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You're welcome. I felt the same way; that's why I asked Mim McCarthy.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From:
mailto:jkaldrich at qwest.net James Aldrich
To:
mailto:nfb-talk at nfbnet.org NFB Talk Mailing List
Sent:
Saturday, November 10, 2007 10:59 AM
Subject:
Re: [nfb-talk] FW: [acb-l] Fw: [Missouri-l] Fwd:InformationAlertonADA Transportation Bill
Thank you mike!
We have one such company serving Montana under the Trailways name. Its
local name is Rimrock Stage. It serves Montana and parts of North Dakota.
I prefer using them over Greyhound when I can! I wanted to hear comments
from our own people so to speak as to what this was all about! I didn't
feel the forwarded information was very clear!
Thanks again!
Jim Aldrich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Freeman" < mailto:k7uij at panix.com k7uij at panix.com
>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" < mailto:nfb-talk at nfbnet.org nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
>
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] FW: [acb-l] Fw: [Missouri-l] Fwd:
InformationAlertonADA Transportation Bill
Jim:
The legislation is aimed at so-called "over-the-road" bus companies
which compete against Grayhound for long-haul business at reduced
prices. These are much more common in the East than they are west of the
Mississippi. There have been quite a few cases (some involving members
of NFB) wherein such companies refused to transport people with guide
dogs. I think Joe Orozco ran into this problem a year or two ago. I
exchanged email with Jim McCarthy and he said it was worthwhile
legislation.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: James Aldrich
To: NFB Talk Mailing List
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] FW: [acb-l] Fw: [Missouri-l] Fwd: Information
AlertonADA Transportation Bill
Hello all,
What specific types of transportation are affected by this
legislation? I
fail to understand whether we are discussing city buses, Greyhound,
door to
door transportation or which type of transportation is causing such
concern!
I have seen this elsewhere and felt I needed a clearer explanation.
Jim Aldrich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Calhoun" < mailto:eric at pmpmail.com eric at pmpmail.com
>
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Date:
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chip Hailey" < mailto:chailey4 at ipa.net chailey4 at ipa.net
>
To: "mcb listserve" < mailto:missouri-l at moblind.org missouri-l at moblind.org
>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:26 PM
Subject: [Missouri-l] Fwd: Information Alert on ADA Transportation
Bill
>Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 19:02:24 -0500 (EST)
>From: Anne Sommers - JFA Moderator < mailto:jfamoderator at aol.com jfamoderator at aol.com
>
>Reply-To: mailto:jfamoderator at aol.com jfamoderator at aol.com
>To: mailto:chailey4 at ipa.net chailey4 at ipa.net
>Subject: Information Alert on ADA Transportation Bill
>
>Justice For All Email List logo
>
>Information Alert on ADA Transportation Legislation
>JFA Daily
>11/06/07
>In This Issue
>Information Alert on ADA Transportation Bill
>Article Highlights Story behind ADA Film "Music Within"
>Giving to AAPD through the CFC
>"New Devices Open Communications for Deaf"
>
>***INFORMATION ALERT***
>
>(From< http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001EKdGaswVmwDaRY7S1-rHn2Ibr1q7HqGKIWM6tpQp1isjfe142K9f4IYqhFi4V8DUMOLKh6PfhtqHLnXIrr8EUMNyZXDjxFc31N_cZbOjjDk=>DREDF http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001EKdGaswVmwDaRY7S1-rHn2Ibr1q7HqGKIWM6tpQp1isjfe142K9f4IYqhFi4V8DUMOLKh6PfhtqHLnXIrr8EUMNyZXDjxFc31N_cZbOjjDk=>DREDF
):
>
>SUPPORT H.R. 3985
>The Over-the-Road Bus Transportation Accessibility Act of 2007
>
>Disability organizations and advocates are
>encouraged to support support H.R. 3985, The
>Over-the-Road Bus Transportation Accessibility
>Act of 2007. This bill would address the problem
>of private intercity bus companies without
>stations, known as curbside carriers, that
>ignore the ADA. These companies, which use
>high-floor "over-the-road" buses and offer
>budget fares along the Eastern seaboard and
>across the country, do not provide accessible
>buses and have frequently discriminated against
>people with disabilities in other violations of
>the ADA by, for example, denying transportation
>to blind people with guide dogs or requiring
>them to sit in the last row of the bus.
>
>HR 3985 would require the Federal Motor Carrier
>Safety Administration (FMCSA), the office at DOT
>that licenses and regulates privately-operated
>bus carriers, to fully consider ADA compliance
>when it grants and revokes operating authority
>to passenger motor carriers. FMCSA has
>repeatedly stated that it won't, or can't,
>consider ADA compliance in its licensing
>decisions, despite a US Court of Appeals
>decision from the DC Circuit last year asking
>DOT to do so. (Peter Pan Bus Lines, Inc., et al
>v. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration,
>No. 05-1436, U.S. Court of Appeals, DC Circuit, December 19, 2006)
>
>HR 3985 does not amend the ADA, but rather,
>amends the law that gives FMCSA its authority,
>adding the DOT ADA regulation (Part 37) to the
>list of items FMCSA must consider in granting
>and revoking operating authority. It also
>requires FMCSA implementation in 30 days and a
>coordinated enforcement agreement between FMCSA
>and the Department of Justice in six months.
>
>This bill is available
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>and was passed unanimously on October 31 by the
>House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
>
>Below is a strong statement by Congressman
>Oberstar introducing the bill. He describes the
>ADA problem with curbside carriers, how the
>Department of Transportation (via its
>subdivision, the FMCSA) has resisted
>consideration of ADA compliance in its licensing
>decisions, and how HR 3985 would address this problem.
>
>Any disability organization that wants to
>express support of
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>3985 can send a letter to Subcommittee Chair
>DeFazio, who was the primary sponsor of the
>bill, with cc's to Chairman Oberstar, Committee
>Ranking Minority Member Mica, and Subcommittee
>Ranking Minority Duncan, all original
>cosponsors. It would be best to email pdfs of
>the letter to Committee staff Helena Zyblikewycz
>for the majority
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>...
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>Read Congressman Oberstar's strong
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>of support when introducing the bill.
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>Article Highlights Story behind ADA Film "Music Within"
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> From USA Today:
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>"None of that would have existed were it not for
>the Americans With Disability Act (ADA)," says
>Pimentel, 59, who lost most of his hearing in an
>explosion during his service in the Army during
>the Vietnam War. "What we've accomplished is amazing."
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>So amazing, in fact, that Hollywood came calling..."
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