Accessible Transportation for Persons with Disabilities Regulations – Proposed Canada Transportation Act

Canadian Transportation Agency, Canada Gazette, Part 1, Volume 153, Number 10, March 9, 2019
Persons with disabilities in Canada face barriers that affect their ability to fully participate in activities of everyday living, such as travel. Members of the disability community widely report that they face attitudinal barriers, as well as indirect barriers to participation when their needs are not reflected in service delivery and design. The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) proposes to create a single comprehensive set of accessible transportation regulations, the Accessible Transportation for Persons with Disabilities Regulations (ATPDR or the proposed Regulations), pursuant to subsection 170(1) of the Canada Transportation Act (the Act). The overarching objective of the proposed regulatory package is to promote the inclusion and participation of persons with disabilities in society by creating comprehensive and enforceable accessible transportation requirements that are applicable to all modes of transportation, and enabling persons with disabilities to travel with a predictable and consistent level of accessibility across a barrier-free modern national transportation system. Interested persons may make representations concerning the proposed Regulations within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.