Provincial project allows municipalities to set their own guidelines. Feb. 27, 2020
By: Gary Rinne
The five-year project took effect last month.
The province has set out the broad rules for e-scooters such as the minimum age for operators (16), maximum speed (24 kilometres per hour), maximum power output (500 watts) and other specifications.
Interested municipalities are required to pass a bylaw to allow their use within their boundaries, and to determine where they can be operated.
Currently, specialized buses don’t go more than 400 metres from existing routes By Ian MacLennan
Published: Jan 28th, 2020
The County of Simcoe is proposing to enhance specialized transit service for people with disabilities.
The County operates LINX Plus Service along four routes(Barrie-Orillia, Barrie-Wasaga Beach, Barrie-Penetanguishene, Wasaga Beach-Collingwood), but the buses go no further than 400 metres from those fixed routes, providing door-to-door service and transfer to and from fixed routes.
‘There’s very, very limited choices and people are basically trapped in their homes’ Carmen Groleau
CBC News
Posted: Jan 23, 2020
People with disabilities in Waterloo region continue to face major transportation challenges as Grand River Transit workers enter their third strike day.
Edward Faruzel, executive director of Kitchener-Waterloo AccessAbility, says there are very limited transportation options available for people with disabilities and many solely rely on public transit.
Postmedia Staff
Published on: January 16, 2020
A new, accessible playground, the first of its kind in Sarnia, opened at Canatara Park in early December.
More than a playground, the wheelchair-accessible play structure atop a poured-in-place rubber base, also features nearby benches with built-in games tables, a stage area for theatre beside the existing picnic pavilion, and exercise equipment.
Dan Brown
Updated: December 6, 2019
Accessible parking spots aren’t a nice-to-have thing for Jeff Preston, they’re a must-have.
“It’s so frustrating,” he said of the times when able-bodied people without permits park in the spots designed for those who have similar needs as he does.
Preston, a professor of disability studies at King’s University College, uses a wheelchair to get around because he was born with muscular dystrophy, which made him a quadriplegic. He drives a customized van using a joystick.
