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- ADAPT (163)
LA Times, Oct 2 1984 Public transit officials, opening their annual convention in Washington, DC, were greeted with a wheelchair protest by about 100 disabled demonstrators who demanded that more be done to provide them access to buses, trains and subways. About 20 persons were arrested for breaking and police lines after the protesters, linking wheelchairs, blocked two entryways to the convention center where the meeting of the American Public Transit Assn. was under way. - ADAPT (179)
Photo: A uniformed policeman holds the back push handles of a woman in a motorized wheelchair. They are behind a the back of a bus. At one side a man in a wheelchair (George Roberts) holding a sign looks on. Caption reads: POLICE WHEEL demonstrators off the street in an attempt to free buses that were taking delegates to the Washington, D.C., Convention Center for the national convention of the American Public Transit Association. See story and picture on page 1. - ADAPT (164)
The Washington Times Tuesday, October 2, 1984 PHOTO by Richard Kozak, The Washington Times: In a high contrast picture, three police men stand forming a kind of line. The center man seems to be pushing someone away and stepping over a crutch on the ground. The policeman on the left is holding a protester, an African American man, up by his shoulder and maybe his hip. The protester, Greg Dougan, looks like he is erupting through the line of officers. He hovers in mid-air grimacing, his arms extended hands almost in fists. [Headline] Disabled Protesters Greg Dougan tries crossing police barricades as members of Americans Disabled for Accessible Public Transit protest the American Mass Transit Association Expo at the Washington Convention Center. Story on 7D - ADAPT (178)
Photo: A man in an old style motorized wheelchair (Mike Auberger) with long hair sits a half a body length above several people standing on the ground. His mouth is open in a yell and his arms are flung wide. Caption reads: 20 Disabled Protesters arrested in Washington: A wheelchair-bound protester being lifted abroad van after being arrested yesterday in Washington. About 100 disabled demonstrators turned out at the annual convention of the American Public Transit Association, demanding improved access to buses, trains, and subways. About 20 people were arrested after blocking two entrances to the convention center. - ADAPT (144)
McDonald's Reply This piece is a continuation of the story on 145 and the text is included there in its entirety for ease of reading. - ADAPT (149)
The Washington Post: AROUND THE REGION, November 1st, 1984 [Headline] Disabled Protesters Block Bus at Transit Meeting Site About 15 handicapped protesters, most of them in wheelchairs, blocked a chartered bus in front of the Washington Hilton Hotel yesterday, the site of an American Public Transit Association convention, to protest the lack of access for handicapped persons to buses nationwide. The hour-long demonstration was the second staged here in the past four days by a group called the American Disabled for the Accessible Public Transit. On Thursday, a dozen protesters stopped rush-hour traffic in front of the White House by blocking seven Metrobuses. Yesterday, the protesters encircled a charter bus that was to take about 50 spouses of conventioneers on a tour of the city, according to convention speaker Albert Engelken. He said that the bus remained in front of the hotel's T Street NW entrance for about an hour while police negotiated with demonstrators. About 2 p.m., the riders disembarked and went back into the hotel. Engelken said. He said the demonstrators dispersed soon afterward. - ADAPT (176)
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS 10-17-83 PHOTO, STAFF PHOTO BY STEVE GROER: A short white man (Mark Ball) with a big afro and tinted, round glasses stands almost hidden, behind a podium with a large RTD on the front. Behind him are rows of other people, (all men), some in suits and ties, some with long hair. Caption reads: Mark Hall [sic] of Atlantis Community addresses RTD board at public hearing on agency's budget. [Headline] Handicapped complain to RTD More than 1,000 handicapped Denver bus riders cannot visit the Boulder Mall and other distant destinations by public transportation because the buses used by the Regional Transportation District on those routes cannot accommodate their wheelchairs, representatives for the handicapped told RTD on Tuesday. "It's a very touchy subject with disabled persons who feel trapped within the metropolitan area," Mark Ball told RTD directors during a public budget hearing. The hearing was the public's chance to discuss the agency's budget before it is adopted by the directors. Only a handful of people attended the 30-minute hearing. 'You’re going to have to come up with an over-the-road bus with a (wheelchair) lift," he said. “Boulder isn't very far for you, but I wouldn't want to do it in an electric wheelchair. Half asked the board to require that all new vehicles be equipped with lifts and other features for handicapped riders. In the past year, RTD mechanics have worked to improve the design of wheelchair lifts fitted to some buses used on busy Denver routes, officials said. But RTD assistant general manager Mike Smith said "there is not a high-degree of interest" on the part of bus manufacturers to mass-produce an over-the-road vehicle with lifts, extra-wide aisles and low ground clearance suitable for handicapped riders. The sensitive subject of handicapped access to public transportation will be raised again next week when representatives of ADAPT, a handicapped-rights group, will address the national convention of the American Public Transit Association at the Denver Hilton. - ADAPT (167)
Rocky Mountain News [Headline] Disabled group calls off talks with McDonalds's By Angela A Dire, Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer Representatives of a nationwide group for the disabled Tuesday refused to meet with McDonald's executives, saying it’s time rhetoric stop and work begin on making the chain's 6,300 restaurants uniformly accessible to the handicapped. Members of the Access Institute gave the executives a letter calling off the meeting; which had been scheduled since May. Access members, who have picketed McDonald’s restaurants around the state six times in the past month, said McDonald’s executives reneged on a promise to negotiate. The group wants McDonald’s to make entrances, bathrooms and tables in all of its restaurants fully accessible to the handicapped within an agreed upon period, and to show disabled people in 10 percent of its advertisements. Company officials who came to Denver from the McDonald's headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill., said they were disappointed Access would not meet to suggest ways to improve accessibility in the restaurants. The meeting was never intended for negotiations -- just discussion, they said. "We will do our educating in the streets,” said Access members, who plan to continue picketing restaurants around the country until McDonald’s meets their demands. About 17 people have been arrested in the group’s'protests. But the demonstrations and arrests won't influence McDonald’s, said Tom Glasgow, vice president for operations and product development. “We run a sound operation," he said. “We can't run our business by reacting to demands arid demonstrations." He said McDonald's has used a standard design for accessibility in its restaurants since 1979, including special parking, ramps, accessible bathrooms and drive-through windows. Each restaurant may not have all these features, but will have them eventually, McDonald’s officials said. - ADAPT (159)
Colorado Springs Sun PHOTO (by Mary Kelley): Close up of protester Beverly Furnice's angry face as she reclined in her wheelchair, holding a poster in her fists, which reads "Accessible Bathrooms Now!" Caption reads: Beverly Furnice holds a sign explaining one of the reasons she and other disabled people were picketing a local McDonald's Restaurant Friday. [Headline] Officials Defends McDonalds' Record By Ken Warren, Colorado Springs Sun McDonald’s Restaurants is the industry leader in providing barrier-free access to the disabled, a top official of the corporation said Friday. Robert L Keyser Ill. national director of media relations, rejected as “false" and “inappropriate" charges made by a group of wheelchair bound protesters that McDonald's discriminates against the handicapped. “We think we're the leader in the industry in barrier-free accessibility”, but there are always things we can learn, " Keyser said, watching protesters picket the McDonald's Restaurant at 207 N. Wahsatch Ave. As discussed, six weeks ago, he said, McDonald's plans to meet next week with representatives of the Denver-based Access Institute to discuss their concerns. “We want to listen. We also want them to learn a little more about McDonald's because we're committed to the community." Asked about the potential impact of the second protest against McDonald's in as many days on upcoming talks, Keyser said, "It's certainly not a sign of the good faith" in which we’ve been trying to deal with them in Denver." "He suggested "that the group had targeted McDonald's because of its size and visibility. “We clearly think it's not appropriate, but "they've done it, and we're going to speak proudly about our record." Keyser said ‘McDonald's had been striving since the 1960s to meet the needs of the disabled with ramps, drive-through lanes and other special accommodations. Robert Conrad, a protester confined to a wheelchair because of cerebral palsy criticized McDonald's for failing to do more to make their 6,400 restaurants accessible to the disabled. “We've tried to negotiate with McDonald's, but all they want to do is dialogue," he said. - ADAPT (157)
The Washington Times 10-2-84 PHOTO 1 (Photos by Richard Kozas, The Washington Times): A mass of ADAPT protesters block the entire sidewalk. Some are in wheelchairs, some are on the ground. In front of them are five or six police officers. Behind the protesters is a mass of people standing. (Among the protesters on the line: Mike Auberger, George Cooper?, Mickey Rodriguez.) Caption reads: Police use a barricade to try to keep protesting wheelchair activists from charging the front entrance of the Washington Convention Center yesterday. PHOTO 2: A protester (Tom Pugh), his face filled with passion, is up against a barricade. Someone appears to be lying across his lap. Behind him you can see other protesters (including George Cooper?) Caption reads: Wheelchair protesters, members of the American Disabled for Accessible Public Transit, finally crash the barricades. They blocked the convention center entrance to dramatize their plea tor access. [Headline] Disabled protest at Convention Center The Washington Times About 100 wheelchair-bound activists seeking greater access to public transportation yesterday broke through police barricades and blocked the main entrance to the Washington Convention Center, where the American Mass Transit Association Expo is being staged. Chanting, “Access. Access. We want access," members of the Americans Disabled for Accessible Public Transit said they were protesting the "historic resistance" mass transit systems around the country have exhibited toward the disabled, said ADAPT spokeswoman Jane Stewart of Poughkeepsie. N.Y. She was one of the demonstrators who parked her wheelchair outside the center. As the protesters shouted outside the hall, Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole, addressing transit officials inside. said she is confident “we can meet our responsibility toward our disabled citizens." The Department of Transportation last year modified its rule on how transit authorities should deal with the disabled after transit officials protested the high cost of equipping all buses and trains with handicapped lifts. Subsequently, DOT provided an option whereby transit officials can meet the requirements of the handicapped by establishing van service exclusively for the handicapped. But protesters yesterday compared the “segregation“ of mass transit today to that of schools in the era of separate-but-equal. "I am personally committed to the principle of providing excellent transit service for all the people of this region, and that includes our handicapped community," Carmen Turner, Metro transit‘s general manager, responded in a prepared statement. “For most of the handicapped, the bus and rail system provides a lifeline of mobility second to none. The Metrorail system is completely accessible to the handicapped," she said. She added that Metro has already spent $50 million on aids for the handicapped on Metrorail, and said the lifts on buses for the handicapped are “expensive to purchase and maintain. . . Our last two purchases of new buses have included lifts, and we intend to continue to increase the number of lifts in our fleet as we make new purchases. “We do feel it is better to operate the lift service we have efficiently than to expand it at great expense at some risk to reliability." — Amy Stromberg - ADAPT (151)
[Headline] A Wheelchair Protest Blocks Access to Transit Convention (AP) Photo: A man in an old style motorized wheelchair (Mike Auberger) with long hair sits a half a body length above several people standing on the ground. His mouth is open in a yell and his arms are flung wide. Caption reads: A wheelchair-bound protester is arrested and put aboard a lift-equipped van by Washington DC police. The unidentified man was among some 20 people arrested for blocking entry to the convention center where the American Public Transit Association meeting opened yesterday. Article reads: Public transit officals, opening their annual convention yesterday, were greeted with a wheelchair protests by about 100 disabled demonstrators who demanded that more be done to provide them access to buses, trains, and subways. About 20 people were arrested for breaking police lines after the protesters, linking wheelchairs blocked two entryways to the convention center where the meeting of the American Public Transit Association was under way. Jean Stewart of Poughkeepsie N.Y. who parked her wheelchair with others at the convention door, said they were trying to demonstrate that “disabled people across the country have a civil right to public transportation. As the protesters chanted outside the hall, Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole, addressing the transit officials inside said she is confident “we can meet our responsibility toward our disabled citizens” and “provide the mobility they require and deserve.” Last year the Transportation Department begin developing new regulations to allow local authorities to provide alternative transportation such as door-to-door van service- instead of modifying buses or train to accommodate the handicapped. - ADAPT (155)
Rocky Mountain News PHOTO by Steve Groer, Rocky Mountain News Staff: person in a manual wheelchair sits holding a sign that reads "Make Public Transit Public." In front of her people move suitcases from the sidewalk to a vehicle. [Headline] Access to buses is Demanded A member of a group called ADAPT, or American Disabled for Accessible Public Transportation, picks downtown Hilton Hotel where the American public Transit Association is meeting. ADAPT is demanding wheelchair access to all U.S public buses, and their motto is, “No taxation for Transportation”. - ADAPT (153)
Rocky Mountain News Denver, Colo. Sat. May 12, 1984 PHOTO by Bryan Moss, Rocky Mountain Staff: Woman in white dress with puffy short sleeves stands with her arm extended to the door. Man in a manual wheelchair (David Sheckles), with his arm apparently in a cast, faces her. Both of their faces look determined. Through the darkened interior of the McDonald's and between them you can make out the face of Bob Conrad and the body of another protester behind him. [Headline] Patron ignores protest by handicapped Caption reads: Woman enters McDonald’s at East Colfax Avenue Pennsylvania Street despite demonstration by David Sheckles, right, and Bob Conrad. STORY. ANOTHER PHOTO PAGE 6. - ADAPT (177)
PHOTO by Rocky Mountain News photographer Jose Lopez: A man (Governor Lamm) with short white hair and a mean expression, wearing a dark suit and tie stands at a podium speaking into a microphone. The front of the podium is draped with a small APTA banner. Caption reads: Gov. Richard D. Lamm gives his views to the American Public Transit Association conference at the Denver Hilton Monday. [Headline] Mass transit group applauds as Lamm opposes bus lifts By Peter Blake, Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer Gov. Richard D. Lamm won a standing ovation from public transportation officials Monday after telling them he’s against putting wheelchair lifts on every bus in America. The $8 billion such lifts would cost could better be spent to “reindustrialize” America, the governor said. Lamm’s speech to the American Public Transit Association conference at the Denver Hilton echoed themes he has struck several times in the past few weeks, to the increasing irritation of the handicapped community. “I think he’s going to turn Republican and run for the Senate” in 1986 against Gary Hart, said Dan Mosley, a one-legged man from Victor who was among 50 people in wheelchairs outside the hotel. “Leopards don’t normally change their spots. He’s doing it for some reason. Where else can he go but the Senate?” Lamm told 2,000 listeners how he’d declined a request by the handicapped community to sign a resolution asking APTA to make all public transit systems accessible to the handicapped. The issue of lifts, Lamm said, is a “microcosm” of what’s wrong with America, citing some examples of the declines in industry. “We are eclipsed in industry after industry,” he said, “cameras, watches, TV sets, radios, household appliances, automobiles, steel… On and on the list goes. It’s really costing America its great middle class. “We live in a world of Japanese sellers and American buyers,” the governor said. “That is a prescription for poverty.” “What shatters me the most is that it has happened on our watch, during the time you and I were the decision makers of America,” he said. The country is “squandering” its material wealth and the next generation may inherit “a second-rate economy,” Lamm said. - ADAPT (161)
Patricia Schroeder, 1st District, Denver, Colorado Washington Office: 2410 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 (202) 225-4431 District Office: 1767 High Street, Denver, Colorado 80218 (303) 837-23 Armed Services Committee Post Office and Civil Service Committee Judiciary Committee Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues, Co-Chair Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 October 5, 1983 Wade Blank, Michael Berger [sic] Atlantis Community 4536 E. Colfax Denver, Colorado 80220 Dear Wade and Michael: I wrote to Secretary Dole to encourage her to meet with you before addressing the APTA conference later this month. In addition, my aide Maureen Maxwell called Judd Swift at Department of Transportation. He informs us that Mrs. Dole’s scheduling people are working on setting up the meeting. Please let me know if I can be of further help. Sincerely, Patricia Schroeder, Congresswoman PS/mm Encl.