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FROM: Supervisor Tom Torlakson Costa
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DATE: February 26, 19 91 °s
SUBJECT: NEED FOR LEGISLATION REQUIRING THREE-WHEEL SCOOTERS TO BE
DESIGNED FOR TRANSIT COMPATIBILITY
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION:. Refer to the Transportation Committee
to review the need for legislation to require manufacturers to design
three wheel scooters to be transit compatible. I believe we should
support such legislation.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Our transit systems provide
transportation for a large number of wheelchair bound passengers . The
increasing popularity of the three wheel scooter has created a safety
problem in the assessment of the Tri-Delta Transit Authority. Because
of these safety concerns, the Eastern Contra Costa Transit Authority
established a new policy whereby three wheel scooters will not be
transported by the transit district. The transit board is requesting
our legislators to develop legislation requiring manufacturers to
design three wheel scooters safe for bus transportation. I support
such legislation. Access to public transit is crucial to handicapped
people. Mobility is a very important freedom and lack of mobility is
a threat to independent living.
The scooters are presently designed so that the wheels do
not fit in the wheel lock system normally used for wheelchairs on
fixed route buses . Legislation is needed to require that these
scooters be designed with a universal tie down system installed so
they can be safely secured on transit buses . '
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CC: Steve Goetz, CDD ATTESTED
County Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR,dCERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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