Disabled Bus Riders
David Wolfe’s efforts (March 31) to lobby bus drivers to announce bus stops complement the 30 recommendations of the Los Angeles City Human Relations Commission (HRC) resulting from its hearing on “Transportation Issues of People With Disabilities.” This report was officially released in 1991.
In addition to the blind, the hearing impaired, those in wheelchairs, the elderly and foreign speakers with disabilities have a variety of special transportation needs.
To meet these special needs the HRC recommended, for example, that “talking signs” aid vision-impaired riders to identify buses, that internal electronic screens aid the hearing-impaired to identify stops, that all bus drivers receive additional training in use of lifts for those in wheelchairs and that the RTD disabled riders’ emergency line be expanded to provide more multilingual service.
More sensitive, improved RTD service will enable the physically challenged to increase their independence.
CAROL JEAN BILLONE, President
WARREN STEINBERG, Commissioner, Board of Human Relations, City of Los Angeles
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