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Court Orders Transit Stations to Be Accessible
After six years of litigation, the federal district court in Philadelphia on September 11 held that the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), the public transit agency in the Philadelphia area, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Rehabilitation Act (RA) by failing to install elevators when it made alterations at two main rail stations in Center City Philadelphia.
This ruling, a significant victory for individuals with mobility disabilities, came in the case Disabled in Action v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Auth. DIA is represented in the case by attorneys Rocco Iacullo of the Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania and Stephen Gold.
To read a summary of the lawsuit click here. To read the opinion, click here. To read the press release, click here.