TCRP Synthesis 37 Communicating with Persons with Disabilities in a Multimodal Transit Environment: A Synthesis of Transit Practice
 




Transportation Research Board

National Research Council

 



TCRP COMMITTEE FOR PROJECT J-7


    CHAIR

    PATRICIA V. McLAUGHLIN
    MIG, Inc.


    MEMBERS

    GERALD L. BLAIR
    Indiana County Transit Authority

    KENNETH J. DUEKER
    Center for Urban Studies

    L.G. FULLER
    Transpo Enterprises, Inc.

    HENRY HIDE
    Brown & Root Rail

    WADE LAWSON
    South Jersey Transportation Authority

    FRANK T. MARTIN
    Valley Transportation Authority

    JACK REILLY
    Capital District Transportation Authority

    BEVERLY A. SCOTT
    Rhode Island Public Transit Authority


    TRB LIAISON

    MARK R. NORMAN
    Transportation Research Board


    COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAMS STAFF

    ROBERT J. REILLY, Director, Cooperative Research Programs

    CHRISTOPHER W. JENKS, Manager, TCRP


    TCRP SYNTHESIS STAFF

    STEPHEN R. GODWIN, Director for Studies and Information Services

    STEPHEN F. MAHER, Manager, Synthesis Studies

    DONNA L. VLASAK, Senior Program Officer

    DON TIPPMAN, Editor

    CHERYL Y. KEITH, Senior Secretary




TCRP OVERSIGHT AND PROJECT SELECTION COMMITTEE


    CHAIRMAN

    LINDA WATSON
    Corpus Christi RTA


    MEMBERS

    DANNY ALVAREZ
    Miami–Dade Transit Agency

    GORDON AOYAGI
    Montgomery County Government

    JEAN PAUL BAILLY
    Union Internationale des Transports Publics

    J. BARRY BARKER
    Transit Authority of River City

    LEE BARNES
    Barwood, Inc.

    RONALD L. BARNES
    Central Ohio Transit Authority

    GERALD L. BLAIR
    Indiana County Transit Authority

    ANDREW BONDS, JR.
    Parsons Transportation Group, Inc.

    ROBERT I. BROWNSTEIN
    Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc.

    NURIA I. FERNANDEZ
    FTA

    RONALD L. FREELAND
    Maryland MTA

    CONSTANCE GARBER
    York County Community Action Corp.

    SHARON GREENE
    Sharon Greene & Associates

    KATHERINE HUNTER-ZAWORSKI
    Oregon State University

    ROBERT H. IRWIN
    BC Transit

    JOYCE H. JOHNSON
    North Carolina A&T State University

    CELIA G. KUPERSMITH
    Golden Gate Bridge Hwy. & Transport Dept.

    PAUL J. LARROUSSE
    National Transit Institute

    DAVID A. LEE
    Connecticut Transit

    EVA LERNER-LAM
    The Palisades Consulting Group, Inc.

    ROBERT H. PRINCE, JR.
    Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

    RICHARD J. SIMONETTA
    Prima Facie, Inc.

    PAUL P. SKOUTELAS
    Port Authority of Allegheny County

    PAUL TOLIVER
    King County DOT/Metro

    AMY YORK
    Amalgamated Transit Union


    EX OFFICIO MEMBERS

    WILLIAM W. MILLAR
    APTA

    KENNETH R. WYKLE
    FHWA

    JOHN C. HORSLEY
    AASHTO

    ROBERT E. SKINNER, JR.
    TRB


    TDC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    LOUIS F. SANDERS
    APTA


    SECRETARY

    ROBERT J. REILLY
    TRB




TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2001


    OFFICERS

    Chair: JOHN M. SAMUELS, Senior VP–Operations Planning & Support, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Norfolk, VA

    Vice Chair: THOMAS R. WARNE, Executive Director, Utah DOT

    Executive Director: ROBERT E. SKINNER, JR., Transportation Research Board


    MEMBERS

    WILLIAM D. ANKNER, Director, Rhode Island DOT

    THOMAS F. BARRY, JR., Secretary of Transportation, Florida DOT

    JACK E. BUFFINGTON, Associate Director and Research Professor, Mark–Blackwell National Rural Transportation Study Center, University of Arkansas

    SARAH C. CAMPBELL, President, TransManagement, Inc., Washington, D.C.

    E. DEAN CARLSON, Secretary of Transportation, Kansas DOT

    JOANNE F. CASEY, President, Intermodal Association of North America, Greenbelt, MD

    JAMES C. CODELL, III, Transportation Secretary, Transportation Cabinet, Frankfort, KY

    JOHN L. CRAIG, Director, Nebraska Department of Roads, Lincoln

    ROBERT A. FROSCH, Senior Research Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

    GORMAN GILBERT, Director, Oklahoma Transportation Center, Oklahoma State University

    GENEVIEVE GIULIANO, Professor, School of Policy, Planning, and Development, University of Southern California

    LESTER A. HOEL, L.A. Lacy Distinguished Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Virginia

    H. THOMAS KORNEGAY, Executive Director, Port of Houston Authority

    BRADLEY L. MALLORY, Secretary of Transportation, Pennsylvania DOT

    MICHAEL D. MEYER, Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

    JEFFREY R. MORELAND, Senior VP-Law and Chief of Staff, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation

    SID MORRISON, Secretary of Transportation, Washington State DOT

    JOHN P. POORMAN, Staff Director, Capital District Transportation Committee, Albany, NY

    CATHERINE L. ROSS, Executive Director, Georgia Regional Transport Agency

    WAYNE SHACKELFORD, Senior Vice President, Gresham Smith & Partners, Alpharetta, GA

    PAUL P. SKOUTELAS, Chief Executive Officer, Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA

    MICHAEL S. TOWNES, Executive Director, Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads

    MARTIN WACHS, Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California at Berkeley

    JAMES A. WILDING, President and CEO, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

    M. GORDON WOLMAN, Professor of Geography and Environmental Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University


    EX OFFICIO MEMBERS

    MIKE ACOTT, President, National Asphalt Pavement Association

    EDWARD A. BRIGHAM, Acting Deputy Administrator, Research and Special Programs Administration, U.S. DOT

    BRUCE J. CARLTON, Acting Administrator, Maritime Administration, U.S. DOT

    JULIE CIRILLO, Acting Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, U.S. DOT

    MORTIMER L. DOWNEY, Deputy Secretary, Office of the Secretary, U.S. DOT

    ROBERT B. FLOWERS, (Lt. Gen., U.S. Army), Chief of Engineers and Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

    JANE F. GARVEY, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration,U.S. DOT

    EDWARD R. HAMBERGER, President and CEO, Association of American Railroads

    CLYDE L. HART, JR., Administrator, Maritime Administration, and Acting Deputy Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, U.S. DOT

    JOHN C. HORSLEY, Executive Director, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

    ANTHONY R. KANE, Executive Director, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. DOT

    S. MARK LINDSEY, Acting Deputy Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. DOT

    JAMES M. LOY, (Adm., U.S. Coast Guard), Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. DOT

    WILLIAM W. MILLAR, President, American Public Transportation Association

    MARGO OGE, Director, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    VALENTIN J. RIVA, President and CEO, American Concrete Paving Association

    ASHISH K. SEN, Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. DOT

    L. ROBERT SHELTON, Executive Director, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. DOT

    HIRAM J. WALKER, Executive Deputy Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, U.S. DOT




TRANSIT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM

    Transportation Research Board Executive Committee Subcommittee for TCRP


    JOHN M. SAMUELS, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Norfolk, VA (Chair)

    LESTER A. HOEL, University of Virginia

    JOHN C. HORSLEY, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

    ANTHONY R. KANE, Federal Highway Administration

    ROBERT E. SKINNER, JR., Transportation Research Board

    MARTIN WACHS, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California at Berkeley

    THOMAS R. WARNE, Utah DOT



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