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The development and implementation of the Access Link Program at New Jersey Transit
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The development and implementation of the Access Link Program at New Jersey Transit
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Tobin
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Brian N.
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1973-
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Brian N. Tobin
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Petrick
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Elizabeth
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Elizabeth Petrick
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Advisory Committee
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - Newark
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In 1992, New Jersey Transit began providing complementary paratransit service in response to a mandate within the groundbreaking Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Access Link serves as an example of a deliberate, comprehensive, locally-minded response to a national civil rights challenge. Through document evaluation and oral interviews, this paper analyzes the requirements, stories, and human factors that were considered in setting policies, determining scope and eligibility, and planning for the future. This is the story of a group of individuals that were determined to do what was right, establish a program that would remain largely unchanged for years to come, and become an example to their peers across the country. The story of the development and the implementation of Access Link is a national story hidden inside of a New Jersey specific world. Understanding the efforts of the few and local to rectify the civil rights problems of a nation can help historians and policy makers understand the importance of inclusion, participation, and citizenship for all. Access Link is a physical representation of that societal change.
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History
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Local transit--New Jersey
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Railroads--New Jersey
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People with disabilities--Transportation
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1 online resource (v, 75 p.)
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M.A.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Brian N. Tobin
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ETD graduate
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The author owns the copyright to this work.
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Brian
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Brian Tobin
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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