COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION GLENN M. ANDERSON, California, Chairman ROBERT A. ROE, New Jersey JOHN PAUL HAMMERSCHMIDT, Arkansas NORMAN Y. MINETA, California BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota ARLAN STANGELAND, Minnesota HENRY J. NOWAK, New York WILLIAM F. CLINGER, JR., Pennsylvania NICK JOE RAHALL II, West Virginia GUY MOLINARI, New York DOUGLAS APPLEGATE, Ohio BOB MCEWEN, Ohio RON DE LUGO, Virgin Islands THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin GUS SAVAGE, Mlinois RON PACKARD, California DOUGLAS H. BOSCO, California SHERWOOD BOEHLERT, New York ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania JIM LIGHTFOOT, Iowa JOE KOLTER, Pennsylvania DENNIS HASTERT, Illinois TIM VALENTINE, North Carolina JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI, Illinois CASS BALLENGER, North Carolina PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana FRED UPTON, Michigan JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR., Ohio BILL EMERSON, Missouri JOHN LEWIS, Georgia LARRY E. CRAIG, Idaho PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado MEL HANCOCK, Missouri JIMMY HAYES, Louisiana CHRISTOPHER COX, California BILL GRANT, Florida SUBCOMMITTEE ON SURFACE TRANSPORTATION NORMAN Y. MINETA, California, Chairman NICK JOE RAHALL II, West Virginia BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania DOUGLAS APPLEGATE, Ohio ARLAN STANGELAND, Minnesota TIM VALENTINE, North Carolina WILLIAM F. CLINGER, JR., Pennsylvania WILLIAM 0. LIPINSKI, Illinois BOB MCEWEN, Ohio PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana RON PACKARD, California JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR., Ohio SHERWOOD BOEHLERT, New York JOHN LEWIS, Georgia DENNIS HASTERT, Illinois BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland FRED UPTON, Michigan DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado BILL EMERSON, Missouri BOB CLEMENT, Tennessee LARRY E. CRAIG, Idaho LEWIS F. PAYNE, Virginia JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois MEL HANCOCK, Missouri FRANK PALLONE, Jr., New Jersey CHRISTOPHER COX, California BEN JONES, Georgia BILL GRANT, Florida MIKE PARKER, Mississippi JOHN PAUL HAMMERSCHMIDT, Arkansas ROBERT A. ROE, New Jersey (Ex Officio) (Ex Officio) (ID) CONTENTS Summary of Subject Matter...... H.R. 2273: To establish a clear and comprehensive prohibition of discrimina- tion of the basis of disability ...... Bruhns, Rudolph H., executive vice president and general manager, Greater Houston Transportation Co............ ............... Busskohl, C.D., director, United Bus Owners of America, Capozzi, David, vice president, National Easter Seal Society, Manager, Project Cook, Tim, director, National Disability Action Center ............. Currey, Fred G., chairman and CEO, Greyhound Lines, Inc .......... Daly, Ellen D., Legislative Analyst, President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities .......... Dart, Justin, chairperson, Task Force on the Rights and Empowerment of Americans with Disabilities ................. Dipert, Dan, president, National Tour Association, Inc., and owner and presi- dent, Dan Dipert's Travel Service, Inc.......... Donenfeld, Douglas, board member and chairman of the finance, audit and budget committee, Chicago Transit Authority 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 Henry, Frank M., chairman of the board, American Bus Association and president, Martz Trailways ... Herman, George, general superintendent of maintenance, RTD Denver ............. Hoyer, Hon. Steny H., a Representative in Congress from Maryland. tion, Alpharetta, GA..... 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....... .............. (111) Page ........ Mross, Roland, Deputy Administrator, Urban Mass Transportation Adminis tration, Department of Transportation, accompanied by John Cline, Associate Administrator for Budget and Policy, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, DOT, and by Don Trilling, Deputy Director, Office of Trans portation Regulatory Affairs, DOT........... go ......................................................................... Barriers Compliance Board, accompanied by Jim Raggio, General Counsel, portation Barriers Compliance Board .... Seattle. tion of America and executive director, JAUNT............... PREPARED STATEMENTS OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS sas............ ........... 347 ..... . .. ... . .. . . ... ... . PREPARED STATEMENTS OF WITNESSES .............. Werth, Robert M... SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD Robert Kasten .... SMART............ “Annual Cost for Greyhound” ......... sas, Letter from Robert L. Alexander, president, Twin Lakes Bus Lines, Inc Petri, Hon. Thomas E., a Representative in Congress from Wisconsin, letter from Hon. Paul Soglin, mayor of the city of Madison to Hon. Herb Kohl, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin ........... ADDITIONS TO THE RECORD letter .............. Blind, Washington, DC, statement ...... Turner, president, and Jack Michaels, board member, letter... President, letter....... |