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OneLegUpAlex Encourages Applying to the Advisory Committee for Transit Accessibility (ACTA) for the 2026-2027 term! · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Speaker 1: All right, Well, if you're having some trouble navigating the snow,
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  Speaker 1: especially if you're someone with the disability, I know it's
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  Speaker 1: snowing again. I mean the wind is a little bit
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  Speaker 1: different than it was last time, but it's blizzarding out.
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  Speaker 1: Let's just say what it is is blizzarding out. And
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  Speaker 1: if you're having a tough time navigating the city, and
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  Speaker 1: especially the transportation wing of New York City, the MTA,
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  Speaker 1: then maybe you should do what I did and apply
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  Speaker 1: to join the MTA Advisory Committee for Transit Accessibility. See
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna focus more on the adapting side of things
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  Speaker 1: on this podcast moving on in the one Leg Up Network,
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  Speaker 1: But for twenty six twenty seven, the MTA is searching
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  Speaker 1: for new members to join the Advisory Committee for Transit
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  Speaker 1: Accessibility ACTA, looking for members of the community who want
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  Speaker 1: to advise the MTA on addressing riders accessibility needs, identifying
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  Speaker 1: barriers across the transystem, recommending community informed improvements, and support
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  Speaker 1: them with its Mission of Accessibility for All. So, using
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  Speaker 1: these two snowstorms as a perfect example, if you don't
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  Speaker 1: like the way they've been handling it for anybody that's
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  Speaker 1: been commuting, let alone people with disabilities, but in this
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  Speaker 1: genre specifically, then join the board. Apply to join. If
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  Speaker 1: you are someone you know as interested, please do apply,
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  Speaker 1: and I mention it now because applications are due March fourth,
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  Speaker 1: which is a week from Wednesday. So you can also
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  Speaker 1: go to the ACTA quarterly meetings which are open for all.
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  Speaker 1: I'll have all these links in the description below. But yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean navigating the snow for anybody is not easy.
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  Speaker 1: Suspensions are happening across train lines and transit companies and
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  Speaker 1: Jay Transit, MTA.
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  Speaker 2: Through for this, through this, but but maybe.
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  Speaker 1: If your voice is heard on this Advisory Committee for
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  Speaker 1: trans Accessibility, that will help move things along, as they
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  Speaker 1: like to say they like to move along eight million people. Well,
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  Speaker 1: sometimes I do think people disabilities are overlooked and I've
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  Speaker 1: seen it firsthand. And the way the elevators are way
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  Speaker 1: down the platform or the way the boarding area is
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  Speaker 1: also down the platform. I mean it's not always easy
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  Speaker 1: for someone in a powerchair to do their own thing.
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  Speaker 2: Or wheelchair for that matter.
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  Speaker 1: So if you want to change that tune, then you
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  Speaker 1: can apply to the Accessibility Committee for Advisory Committee for
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  Speaker 1: Transit Accessibility. This might sound like a live read for
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  Speaker 1: the MTA, but it's really not. It's a public service
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  Speaker 1: information announcement for those that want to join the committee
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  Speaker 1: and have a say and shape really how our exit
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  Speaker 1: transit can be.
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  Speaker 2: More accessible to those disabilities.
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  Speaker 1: The other thing is why I applied is last year,
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  Speaker 1: as you know, the Daily News about a month a
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  Speaker 1: year and a month ago put me in for the
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  Speaker 1: outbed about how fair affairs people with disabilities?
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  Speaker 2: Well why not? I figure, why not apply and put
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  Speaker 2: my resume in to really have a seed the table.
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  Speaker 2: That's what it's about.
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  Speaker 1: It's about if you want to talk a lot on
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  Speaker 1: a podcast or on a YouTube channel, then talk to
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  Speaker 1: the talk join the committee. I know this saying is
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  Speaker 1: if you can't fight them, join them, but really, if
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  Speaker 1: you join, and I feel like if I join this.
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  Speaker 2: Committee, it will be.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe a great way to collaborate and to fix and
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  Speaker 1: shape and mold the way MTA should be more accessible winter, summer, fall,
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  Speaker 1: spring for people with disabilities.
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  Speaker 2: That's why I joined it, and maybe you can too.
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  Speaker 1: March fourth. Applications are due. Description in the bio below