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NORTH DAKOTA-Wheel Chair Users as Pedestrians
The STOP program embarked on this ambitious project in collaboration with the Bismarck Police Department, Bis-Man Transit, the Mayor's Committee for Hiring the Handicapped, the North Dakota Department of Transportation (ND-DOT) and individual wheel chair users. After first exploring and resolving the question of wheel chair users as vehicles versus pedestrians, the collaboration searched nationwide for a "wheel chair users as pedestrians" program, which they could replicate. Finding no replicable programs to satisfy their needs, the collaboration agreed to develop a video tape which would be used to educate both the general public and wheel chair users about critical traffic safety issues. The following time line provides a glimpse of the process by which this unusual project was developed: ... [Read More]
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