PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FIRST CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H.R. 2273 TO ESTABLISH A CLEAR AND COMPREHENSIVE PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY 26-421 SEPTEMBER 20, 26, 1989 Printed for the use of the Committee on U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON 1990 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office NICK JOE RAHALL II, West Virginia DOUGLAS APPLEGATE, Ohio TIM VALENTINE, North Carolina WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI, Illinois BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland FRANK PALLONE, JR., New Jersey HENRY J. NOWAK, New York GREG LAUGHLIN, Texas BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania BOB MCEWEN, Ohio RON PACKARD, California SHERWOOD BOEHLERT, New York JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee MEL HANCOCK, Missouri CHRISTOPHER COX, California BILL GRANT, Florida JOHN PAUL HAMMERSCHMIDT, Arkansas (Ex Officio) DOUGLAS H. BOSCO, California ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania GLENN M. ANDERSON, California (Ex Officio) (II) 90-602372 90 BX83 16 Dipert, Dan, president, National Tour Association, Inc., and owner and presi- Downey, Mortimer, chairman, APTA legislative subcommittee, Federal policy and procedure, executive director and chief financial officer, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York, NY, accompanied by Janis Pierce, APTA vice president, governing boards, board of directors, Memphis Area Transit Authority, and Dennis Louwerse, member, APTA legislative com- mittee, APTA elderly and disabled services task force, executive director, Berks Area Reading Transportation Authority Gambaccini, Louis, general manager, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transporta- Gashel, James, director of governmental affairs, National Federation of the Golden, Marilyn, Policy Analyst, Disability Rights Education and Defense 397 182 Herman, George, general superintendent of maintenance, RTD Denver. Kanjorski, Hon. Paul E., a Representative in Congress from Pennsylvania....... LaGasse, Alfred B., II, executive vice president, International Taxicab Asso- Markward, Ralph, executive director, ZIA Chapter PVA. Miller, Oral O., national representative, American Council of the Blind 71 182 277 Mross, Roland, Deputy Administrator, Urban Mass Transportation Adminis- Mundy, Ray, executive director, Airport Ground Transportation Association.... go. Picknelly, Peter L., Sr., chairman of the board, Peter Pan Bus Lines. Roffee, Larry, Executive Director of the Architectural and Transportation Sandaas, Richard K., executive director, Municipality of Metropolitan Tripp, David, executive director, St. Cloud Metropolitan Transit Commission... Wilson, Linda, immediate past president, Community Transportation Associa- Wingen, Kathleen T., director and founder, Advocacy Plus Action, Inc. PREPARED STATEMENTS OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Clement, Hon. Bob, a Representative in Congress from Tennessee.. Hammerschmidt, Hon. John Paul, a Representative in Congress from Arkan sas... Lightfoot, Hon. Jim, a Representative in Congress from Iowa. PREPARED STATEMENTS OF WITNESSES Bruhns, Rudolph H.. 363 88 382 109 Dipert, Dan.. Downey, Mortimer. Gambaccini, Louis.. Gashel, James.... Golden, Marilyn Henry, Frank M. 373 173 248 292 426 355 |