Bend City, OR

Bend City, OR: (May-17-07) Plaintiffs represented by the Oregon Advocacy Center filed a lawsuit against Bend City, alleging that the city's fixed route bus system was inaccessible to people with disabilities. In a settlement reached, the City of Bend agreed to make 70% of the bus stops accessible within the next three years, have all bus stops compliant at the end of five years; and create accessible routes to key facilities served by a bus stop. The city has further approved an additional funding of $200,000 for the City's bus stop improvements. This allocation includes funding for accessible routes, useable bus stop pads, and compliant curb ramps near bus stops, as well as signage in Braille and tactile letters [BEND WEEKLY: BUS ACCESS]

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Published on May-18-07