[Travelandtourism] John Pare, Jr is now a member of the Amtrak Disability Advisory Committee.

[Cheryl Echevarria]

Good afternoon everyone:

 

I was on Facebook today and, John Pare, Jr., Executive Director for Advocacy
and Policy with the National Federation of the Blind had announced he is now
a member of the Amtrak Disability Advisory Committee.

 

I am a member of the Amtrak disability advisory committee. We had our first
face-to-face meeting this past week at the Amtrak headquarters in Washington
DC. I urged them to fix the calendar problem and to discontinue use of a
separate, specialized web site for blind and low vision customers. The
calendar problem prevents a blind person who is using screen reading
software from entering ones travel dates thereby completely blocking a blind
person from purchasing a ticket. This problem will be fixed in one to two
months. The reason for the long delay is not the difficulty of the problem
but the long testing time for Amtrak to roll out any changes to their
website. In the meantime you can use the low vision website or the IOS app.
They will also be phasing out the separate website for blind and low vision
customers but I did not get an exact date for this change.

 

 

Cheryl Echevarria, President

National Federation of the Blind's Travel and Tourism Division

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