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J. Page Garrett, Attorney
Tennessee Protection and Advocacy
Suite 100
2416 Twenty-First Avenue, South
Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 298-4231 x 14
email: pageg@tpainc.org
FEDERAL PROBE OF MATAplus BEGINNING
MEMPHIS - On February 14, federal officials will launch a probe into whether the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) paratransit system violates the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). A finding that the paratransit system violates ADA could lead to widespread reform to MATA and substantial financial penalties for the transit authority.
A 158 page ADA complaint filed and pursued since 1997 by Tennessee Protection and Advocacy (TPA) alleges that MATA has for years violated the accessibility mandates of the ADA and has sparked the Federal Transit Administration to hire Multisystems, Inc., of Cambridge, MA to conduct this probe. The probe will focus on current problems plaguing MATAplus in these key areas: trip denials, eligibility, timeliness of pickups and drop-offs, length of on-board travel times, and adequacy of MATA telephone system capacity.
Interested consumers and disability rights organizations wishing to educate Multisystems about current problems plaguing MATAplus should this week be sure to describe those problems to:
Mr. Russell Thatcher
Multisystems, Incorporated
10 Fawcett Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Voice: 1-800-735-1669 extension 209
Fax: 617-864-3521
Email: Rthatcher@multisystems.com
Website: http://www.multisystems.com/
TPA is mandated by Congress to advance disability civil rights and is 100% funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Department of Education.
The Memphis Center for Independent Living
1633 Madison Avenue,
Memphis, TN 38104
(901) 726-6404 v/tty (901) 726-6521 fax
mcil@mcil.org
MCIL is a United Way of the Mid-South member Agency
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