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Philly agrees to settle accessibility lawsuit, plans to install or fix at least 10,000 sidewalk curbs

The 2019 lawsuit alleged the city failed to comply with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act and a 1977 law requiring that streets be accessible.

October 14, 2022

Individual in the article, not associated with DIA, attempts a SEPTA elevator.

Strollers pose safety problems for Philly families riding SEPTA

February 12, 2019

By not providing more elevators and keeping them in working order, and by not sufficiently maintaining bus ramps and other equipment, the transportation system is essentially hostile to disabled people, parents with strollers, and many others.

Husbands Jimmi Shrode and Eric von Schmetterling in a governmental hallway.

Wheelchair users dragged away from McConnell’s office for protesting health care bill

ThinkProgress – Wheelchair users dragged away from McConnell’s office for protesting health care bill

June 22, 2017

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