- The Department of Transportation has invested billions of dollars in accessibility improvements over the last few years.
- DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg said there’s still a lot of work to be done to make equal access a reality.
- The DOT is working to improve accessibility through funding more projects as well as increasing penalties when transportation providers flout the rules.
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Transporation Secretary Pete Buttigieg poured billions into accessibility efforts. He wants you to know it’s yielding results.
The Department of Transportation has invested billions of dollars over the last few years in improvements meant to make the nation’s transportation system more accessible to people with disabilities, including $5 billion in airport improvements and $1 billion in rail transit accessibility upgrades. In a conversation with USA TODAY, Buttigieg emphasized how central those improvements have been to his department’s mission. However, he understands there’s still a lot of difficult work to be done to make equal access a reality.
As the Paralympics prepare to kick off in Paris, the DOT released a video highlighting some of the recent infrastructure improvements the agency invested in. Here’s what the DOT is working on and what Buttigieg is planning:
Is transportation in the US accessible?
Even the DOT’s own video admits there’s a lot of work to be done.
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