2020 Advocacy Public Transportation 
GovLoop
JULY 26, 2024
The passage of the ADA was preceded by years of activism and advocacy-group efforts. Before the ADA, Public transportation, such as trains, were not required to have handicap access. Because these items were voluntary, they usually did not exist, and disabled individuals often were excluded from public and economic life.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Photo: Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle The battles over transportation access were central to the Civil Rights movement. Transit Equity Day , set by the American Public Transportation Association as February 4th , during African American/Black History Month, is one way to acknowledge this. 9, in Houston.
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