Can More Wheelchair-accessible Taxis
Reduce ADA Paratransit Costs?
In January of 2011, five city disability groups and two individual plaintiffs sued the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission, claiming that they had violated sections of the ADA by allowing
inaccessible minivans to be used as taxis in the city. Then in December, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo stepped into the fray, crafting through consensus a series of changes to a proposed State law, signed by him on February 17th, that will bring accessible yellow taxis and livery vehicles, aka the taxis of the outer boroughs, to the Big Apple. CLICK HERE to read more about these events as documented in the February-March 2012 “On Paratransit” column of METROmagazine.
Definition of Travel Instruction Approved
at Annual Meeting
Next
steps include circulation of a press release about the definition, and
sending it to a select group of agencies, yet to be determined,
interested in the growth of the profession of travel instruction.
CLICK HERE to read the approved ATI Definition of Travel
Instruction.
2011 ATI Conference Highlights, by John E. Liebmann
CLICK HERE
Join ATI or Renew
Your Membership Today
It’s
hard to believe that almost a year has gone by since our last
conference. As we prepare for this year’s conference in Philadelphia,
it’s also time to think about renewing your membership for another year.
Aside from conference fees, our membership renewals provide one of our
greatest income sources as well as serving as an indicator of the growth
of our organization. With the advent of federal New Freedom grants, the
field of travel instruction/training has exploded, and as it continues
to expand, so we hope will our membership. The larger our membership,
the more effective ATI becomes to better provide and advocate for the
training and support needed by our members to provide the best services
to our customers, clients and trainees. And as our field grows, new
venues for instruction and arenas of best practice are developed.
Throughout the years we have maintained our membership, but we still
need your support to continue to grow, and to achieve our goals. So
please consider RENEWING your membership NOW if you have not already
done so, and invite a friend to join as well! Members have the added
benefit of lower conference fees and the advantage of meeting other
trainers with whom to network and to resolve problems. Please consider
taking a minute to mention ATI when you have an opportunity to meet with
other professionals and encourage them to join as well!
Details and form here>
The ATI
Code of Ethics
The
Association of Travel Instruction Code of Ethics is intended as a guide
for the professional conduct of persons providing travel instruction.
The profession has an obligation to define, articulate and adhere to its
basic values, ethical principles and standards. The ATI Code of Ethics
sets forth these values, principles and standards to guide travel
instruction practitioners. The Code is relevant and applicable to all
who provide instruction as well as to students of the profession in all
instructional settings and for all who receive training.
Entire document
and form here.
Read
about and join an ATI Committee
(details here)
Who We Are
and What We Do
The
Association of Travel Instruction (ATI) is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit
corporation that provides continuing education and professional
development opportunities for travel instructors and travel trainers.
Our members teach individuals with various types of disabilities and
seniors to use public transportation safely and independently in their
communities. Travel trainers truly give “the gift of freedom” of
mobility to their students, young or aging.
ATI's members nationwide and in Canada are employed by, or contract
with, public transportation agencies, ADA paratransit services, school
districts, adult service providers, community rehabilitation agencies,
mobility management companies, transportation management associations,
independent living centers and other disability groups, and senior
citizens programs.
ATI provides continuing education for its members primarily through
publishing a quarterly newsletter, planning and executing an annual
three day-long travel training “best practices” conference, and updated
website content. ATI’s professional development goal is a certification
program for travel instructors and travel trainers, commencing with a
regionally-organized Registry of our members posted on this website.
For additional information about the work of ATI, please contact any
individual listed on this website’s Board Members page.
