transportation and the handicaped

TRANSPORTATION AND THE HANDICAPED

Transportation and the Handicapped (Name (School (Professor (Course

Abstract

For many who are able bodied , many people would avail of the convenieince of takin public transporation in geeting around or getting to our destinations . Taking the subway or the bus poses no problems for us who aree able bodied . But what about those who are handicapped ? Most public trnsporation systems were built with those who are not handicapped in mind , but can we say that one of the foremost concerns for system builders are the handicapped p

Transportation for the Handicapped : A Handicapped Transportation System

As earlier stated , most of us who are able bodied do not find any problem with public transportation means . Most of the systems seem to revolve around speed and the efficiency of

transporting people to their destinations in the shortest amount of time . From public buses to airliners , public transportation works on the basis of speed . But what if the persons availing of the public transport system cannot move fast due to some temporary or permanent disability How does the law treat them in the availment of public transportation

History of federal laws

The history of protection for the rights of the disabled finds its moorings in the 14th amendment of the United States Constitution , or the equal protection clause (School Transportation , 2008 . Under this provision in the fundamental law of the United States , the State , that is , the American government , will not enact any statute or ordinance that will infringe or...