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Resources on the Web

Following are links to sites that may be of interest to people with disabilities, and their friends, families, and supporters, who have concerns about accessible transportation in the Greater Boston area. Also included is Family Village, a site with a broad range of disability-related information:

Boston Self Help Center (BSHC): www.bostonselfhelp.org

Independent Living Centers within the RIDE catchment area:

Boston Center for Independent Living (BCIL): www.bostoncil.org
Independent Living Center of the North Shore and Cape Ann (ILCNSCA): www.ilcnsca.org
MetroWest Center for Independent Living (MWCIL): www.mwcil.org

ADAPT: www.adapt.org ADAPT focuses on promoting services in the community instead of "warehousing" people with disabilities in institutions and nursing homes.

Disability Law Center (DLC): www.dlc-ma.org

Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS): www.gbls.org

Massachusetts Office on Disability (MOD): www.mass.gov/mod

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA): www.mbta.com
MBTA complaint site: www.mbta.com/contact_us/whattodo.asp?the_type=Complaint-The_Ride

Access Advisory Committee to the MBTA (AACT): www.ctps.org/bostonmpo/involved/aact.htm
AACT minutes on line: www.ctps.org/bostonmpo/involved/mpo_minutes/minutes.htm

T Riders Union (TRU): www.ace-ej.org/FareInc.html

Family Village (a massive site for disability-related information; includes a searchable library of resources related to specific disabilities, bulletin boards, chat rooms, parent support links, and information about adaptive resources): http://familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx

Documents by or about RAP and THE RIDE

"RIDE Users' Bill Of Rights, November 2003" by the RIDE Advocacy Project

"The RIDE: Unreliable, Unsafe, and Unfair, November 2003" by the RIDE Advocacy Project

"How THE RIDE Violates the Americans with Disabilities Act" by the RIDE Advocacy Project

In the News

"Attorney General Coakley Wins Lawsuit Against Fung Wah Bus Company for Refusing to Sell Tickets to Blind Couple" press release issued byThe Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General, July 12, 2007

"Disabled riders blast MBTA vans" written by Casey Ross, photos by Patrick Whittemore, Boston Herald May 26, 2005. (This article originally appeared at www.bostonherald.com. Reprinted with permission of the Boston Herald.)

"For 10 years she has relied on it — and she's got a laundry list of complaints" written by Christina Wallace, photos by Eric Barry, Boston Metro, November 7-9, 2003, Vol. 3, Issue 132