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How to make communications accessible
Multiple formats
Website accessibility
Common accessibility symbols
Improving communication with persons with disabilities
Standards for the accessibility of communications are set out in Removing Communication Barriers for...
Web page | 2016-03-30
How to design for accessibility
Principles of universal design and guidelines
List of Canadian Standards Association accessibility standards
Partial list of items included in CAN/CSA-B651 Accessible Design for the Built Environment
Standards for the accessibility of terminals...
Web page | 2016-01-20
Purpose of the Code of Practice
This Code of Practice (Code) contains accessibility standards developed to enhance the level of accessibility for persons with disabilities when travelling by air, and sets out what the Canadian Transportation Agency expects of aircraft operators.
In addition to...
Publication | 2016-03-17
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
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
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
Purpose of this Code of Practice
The purpose of this Code of Practice is to improve the accessibility of rail travel to persons with disabilities. In the 1995 TransAccess Information Base (Values in the TransAccess Information Base are age-adjusted projections of the figures for adults residing in...
Publication | 2016-01-21
June 6, 2016 – Gatineau, QC – Canadian Transportation Agency
As part of the Regulatory Modernization Initiative announced last week, the Agency is launching the first phase of its regulatory review, which focuses on accessible transportation.
To advance this initiative, the Agency will be meeting...
News | 2016-06-06
Introduction
More and more travellers are using the websites of transportation service providers to arrange travel. If persons with disabilities are to have equal access to these websites, transportation service providers must ensure that their websites are accessible. This resource tool is...
Publication | 2016-07-08
A. Background
In 2011, the Canadian Transportation Agency (Agency) initiated a monitoring exercise aimed at assessing and improving transportation service providers' compliance with section 1.2 of the Agency's Code of Practice: Removing Communication Barriers for Travellers with Disabilities (...
Publication | 2016-07-07