Friday, May 13, 2011

In Virginia's Fairfax County, bus stops need to be upgraded to be ADA compliant but county doesn't have the money

From Fairfax Times:Getting to some of Fairfax County's 4,000 bus stops can be challenging for anyone, especially people with disabilities."It's absurd that anyone in the county should have to stand in a patch of gravel on the side of the road [to wait for a bus]," said Supervisor Jeffrey McKay (D-Lee), chairman of the Board of Supervisors Transportation Committee. "Some of the bus stops aren't