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Accessibility Guidelines for Small Aircraft - Services for persons with disabilities on aircraft with 29 and fewer passenger seats
1. Purpose of these Guidelines These Guidelines, developed in cooperation with representatives of the industry, consumers and other government departments, are meant to assist carriers to better serve the needs of persons with disabilities travelling on aircraft with 29 and fewer passenger seats (...
Publication | 2005-01-03
Best Practices for Providing Assistance to Customers with Disabilities: A Resource Tool
Introduction Transportation service providers are required to assist their passengers with disabilities and are guided by the Canadian Transportation Agency's accessibility standards (including regulations and codes of practice), which help ensure that air and federal rail, ferry and bus services...
Publication | 2016-03-10
Compliance Report: Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
Background The Canadian Transportation Agency (Agency) is responsible for ensuring that undue obstacles to the mobility of persons with disabilities are removed from air and federal rail, ferry and bus services and facilities. It seeks to remove these obstacles by: administering regulations and...
Publication | 2016-06-08
Accessible transportation regulations
Most provisions of the – over 200 – are now in force. More complex provisions are being phased-in over two years until 2022. The ATPDR have been amended to correct errors and inconsistencies so that the ATPDR are as clear as possible. In addition, the Canadian Transportation Agency Designated...
Consultation | 2016-05-31
Compliance Report: Accessible Ground Transportation at Airports
Background The Canadian Transportation Agency (Agency) is responsible for ensuring that undue obstacles to the mobility of persons with disabilities are removed from air and federal rail, ferry and bus services and facilities. It seeks to remove these obstacles by: administering regulations and...
Publication | 2017-01-26
Scott Streiner - Making Canada's National Transportation System the Most Accessible in the World: From Principles to Practice
Introduction In just 12 days, we will mark the 150th anniversary of Confederation.  This is an opportunity to reflect on how lucky we are to live in this land of peace and prosperity, appreciate the progress we've made as a country, and consider the distances we have yet to travel.  At the heart...
Speeches | 2017-06-19
Allergy cases
The Canadian Transportation Agency has the jurisdiction to investigate complaints on the accessibility of the federal transportation network when the issues involve persons determined to have disabilities for the purposes of the Canada Transportation Act. The Agency has investigated or is...
Web page | 2017-06-21
Accessibility: Glossary
Accommodation The provision of services, new equipment or facilities, or modifications to a rule, policy, practice, or existing equipment or facilities in order to meet a disability-related need. Activity limitation Difficulties an individual experiences while executing activities, which may...
Web page | 2017-09-18
Canadian Transportation Agency orders the Greater Toronto Airport Authority to assess the effectiveness of its accessibility-related assistance for people who are visually impaired
February 14, 2018 – Gatineau, QC – Canadian Transportation Agency The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) today issued a determination, which orders the Greater Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA) to convene consultations to assess the effectiveness of current arrangements for the provision of...
News | 2018-02-15
Chair and CEO Scott Streiner addresses Age-friendly Societies Forum on April 30, 2018
Check against delivery Great explorations: Advancing the accessibility of travel for all ages It's a pleasure to be speaking at the International Longevity Centre's Age-Friendly Societies Forum. Longevity, of course, is about moving further through time, and when it comes to our own lives, the...
Speeches | 2018-05-03

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