N E W S R E L E A S E
For Immediate Release
February 27, 2009
Contact:
Angela Gates or
Lisa Farbstein
202-962-1051
Accessibility Advisory Committee seeks new members Volunteers serve as voice for riders with disabilities, senior citizens
Metro is looking for riders with disabilities and senior citizens to fill six available positions on the volunteer Accessibility Advisory Committee (formerly known as the Elderly and Disabled Transportation Advisory Committee). Positions are available for
The 18-member committee would ideally consist of six individuals each from
Metro is looking for senior citizens or people with disabilities who ride Metrobus, Metrorail and MetroAccess, and are not Metro employees, contractors or elected officials to fill the vacancies. All positions are unpaid. Metro's General Manager will make the final selection of candidates.
Individuals on the committee will represent a cross section of the entire region. Members are people who are senior citizens and/or have the ability to give personal perspectives on a diverse representation of disabilities, such as blindness or low-vision, mobility disability, deafness or hard of hearing, audio-sensory disability, speech disability, neurological disability, cognitive or other disability. The committee includes people with different riding patterns, people who are transit-dependent, people who travel short distances and others who travel long distances.
Applications can be found at http://www.wmata.com/aac. Applications also are available at Metro headquarters,
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Rikki S. Epstein
Office of
Department of Access Services
202 962-1125 Phone
202 962-2033 TTY
202 962-2722 Fax
