[Md-sligo] FW: Metro Accessibility Update - 6/11/13

[Brown, Debbie]

From: Blake, Christiaan P. [mailto:cblake at wmata.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 2:24 PM
To: access
Subject: Metro Accessibility Update - 6/11/13



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Accessibility Update


The Best Ride in the Nation


June 11, 2013


Bumpy Domes

Metro on pace to have these safety devices installed on all station platforms by the end of 2014.

     Metro staff has developed a plan to ensure that bumpy domes, the detectable warning devices signifying the approaching edge of a Metrorail station's platform, are installed on all platforms in all Metrorail stations by the end of 2014.


The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires transit systems like Metro to have 2-foot wide bumpy domes installed at key stations and all new stations. Metro long ago fulfilled the requirement related to the key stations, and all of Metro's newest stations have been built or will be built with bumpy tiles installed prior to their openings. Metro has also been steadily installing bumpy tiles as it renovates older stations.

Of Metro's 86 stations, 68 have bumpy tiles installed, and another three stations currently have work underway that includes the installation of bumpy tiles. Of the remaining 15 stations, Metro staff has allocated the funding necessary and developed a plan that will result in the installation of bumpy tiles on all platforms at each of the 15 remaining stations by the end of 2014.



Three stations with work currently underway:

*        Deanwood

*        Eastern Market

*        Potomac Avenue

15 stations to have Bumpy Domes installed by the end of 2014

*        Arlington Cemetery

*        Benning Road

*        Braddock Road

*        Capital Heights

*        Clarendon

*        Cleveland Park

*        Eisenhower Avenue

*        Forest Glen

*        Grosvenor Strathmore

*        Landover

*        Minnesota Avenue

*        Shaw - Howard Uni.

*        Virginia Square - GMU

*        Waterfront - SEU

*        West Hyattsville



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Photo: Station Bumpy Tiles and Granite Edge


Upcoming Accessibility Advisory Committee Meetings



Accessibility Advisory Committee - MetroAccess Subcommittee Meeting

June 17, 2013; 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.



Accessibility Advisory Committee - Full Committee Meeting

July 1, 2013; 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.



Accessibility Advisory Committee - Bus & Rail Subcommittee Meeting

July 8, 2013; 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.



All meetings will be held at Metro's Headquarters  Building

600 Fifth Street, NW

Washington DC 20001



All Accessibility AAC and subcommittee meetings are now being streamed live via www.spreaker.com<http://www.spreaker.com>; type Access Services in the search box. Smartphone users can download the free Spreaker app and listen live on the go. Type Access Services in the search box. Please contact our office at 202-962-1100 with any difficulties accessing the audio to any of the AAC meetings.





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