"If you are disabled you will end up fighting for your right to exist" - Jade Theriault #AccessibleFutures
June 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"If you are disabled you will end up fighting for your right to exist" - Jade Theriault #AccessibleFutures
First 🧵 of Liz live blogging the #AccessibleFutures conference. Great for curious people, transportation geeks, disability folks, et al.
I'm at the Accessible Futures conference today, in a session about action & strategies for improving access to transit across all Bay Area regions. A fantastic group of people here <3 mtc.ca.gov/about-mtc/pu...
Accessible Futures Conference
Join us this summer for a disability-led community conversation on housing, transportation, the environment and more.
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June 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
First 🧵 of Liz live blogging the #AccessibleFutures conference. Great for curious people, transportation geeks, disability folks, et al.
Clipper system is soon (!!!) going to work with regional paratransit all over the Bay Area. That's the plan! #AccessibleFutures
June 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Clipper system is soon (!!!) going to work with regional paratransit all over the Bay Area. That's the plan! #AccessibleFutures
Warren Cushman here from Hayward CRIL and on the panel is addressing this and the complexities of cross disability solidarity #AccessibleFutures
June 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Warren Cushman here from Hayward CRIL and on the panel is addressing this and the complexities of cross disability solidarity #AccessibleFutures
In fact I just during the break sheepishly explained to someone from MTC that I refuse to even sign up for paratransit because it has such a bad reputation and seems so broken #AccessibleFutures
June 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
In fact I just during the break sheepishly explained to someone from MTC that I refuse to even sign up for paratransit because it has such a bad reputation and seems so broken #AccessibleFutures
Accessible drag shows are pretty rare and this one looks need:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/accessiblefutures/1335635
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/accessiblefutures/1335635
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August 22, 2024 at 3:57 AM
Accessible drag shows are pretty rare and this one looks need:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/accessiblefutures/1335635
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/accessiblefutures/1335635
Closing plenary of the day for #AccessibleFutures conference. I think we (well, the organizers) are going to pull together all the info from today and tomorrow and pass some kind of resolution and hand it to the transit agencies.
June 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Closing plenary of the day for #AccessibleFutures conference. I think we (well, the organizers) are going to pull together all the info from today and tomorrow and pass some kind of resolution and hand it to the transit agencies.
Having that info on the curb cut spreadsheet, turned my feeling of anger and not being listened to , to respect and wanting to help and contribute #AccessibleFutures
June 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Having that info on the curb cut spreadsheet, turned my feeling of anger and not being listened to , to respect and wanting to help and contribute #AccessibleFutures
Side note I love being not the only person in the room who swivels my entire power chair to face the speakers from the audience #AccessibleFutures #MTC
June 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Side note I love being not the only person in the room who swivels my entire power chair to face the speakers from the audience #AccessibleFutures #MTC
Ron says this should be driven by stories but also driven by data. Do we have that data and if not how do we go about creating that! #AccessibleFutures
June 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Ron says this should be driven by stories but also driven by data. Do we have that data and if not how do we go about creating that! #AccessibleFutures
A good point from someone speaking now that we have to be careful that making thing more accessible for the loudest disability advocates doesn't leave out others of us. #AccessibleFutures
June 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A good point from someone speaking now that we have to be careful that making thing more accessible for the loudest disability advocates doesn't leave out others of us. #AccessibleFutures
And that was so great! I learned so much about reasons why they might prioritize fixing some bad curb cuts over others - not just the traffic, but alternate routes vs. the sometimes extreme costs at particular intersections! I want more info like that to be easily available #AccessibleFutures
June 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
And that was so great! I learned so much about reasons why they might prioritize fixing some bad curb cuts over others - not just the traffic, but alternate routes vs. the sometimes extreme costs at particular intersections! I want more info like that to be easily available #AccessibleFutures
I'm a fan, she is NOT bullshitting , she knows #AccessibleFutures
June 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I'm a fan, she is NOT bullshitting , she knows #AccessibleFutures
Someone who works with a transit agency and who is also blind, speaking now. He lives in Richmond, their paratransit system partners with Lyft. He pays the first 3 bucks, Richmond pays the next cost up to $17, then the rest comes out of his pocket. It works well #AccessibleFutures
June 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Someone who works with a transit agency and who is also blind, speaking now. He lives in Richmond, their paratransit system partners with Lyft. He pays the first 3 bucks, Richmond pays the next cost up to $17, then the rest comes out of his pocket. It works well #AccessibleFutures
So MTC says to us, each transit system does their own thing, we can't fix it. YES YOU CAN! "I'm bored and tired, board, of hearing , we can't do that! guess who makes the rules! Fix it!" #AccessibleFutures #MTC
June 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
So MTC says to us, each transit system does their own thing, we can't fix it. YES YOU CAN! "I'm bored and tired, board, of hearing , we can't do that! guess who makes the rules! Fix it!" #AccessibleFutures #MTC
Rep Simon: * orates inspiringly about the disabled time tax and actual money tax * #AccessibleFutures
June 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Rep Simon: * orates inspiringly about the disabled time tax and actual money tax * #AccessibleFutures
Rep Simon: Every day I'm proud to be able to center my life and work on disability justice *audience cheers* They don't hear enough from us because we're not in public space. Let's change that! We need you! Move into public space! #AccessibleFutures
June 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Rep Simon: Every day I'm proud to be able to center my life and work on disability justice *audience cheers* They don't hear enough from us because we're not in public space. Let's change that! We need you! Move into public space! #AccessibleFutures
But they can't handle both scheduling pickup and dropoff time in the shared ride paratransit system (OMFGGGGGGGGGG) #AccessibleFutures
June 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
But they can't handle both scheduling pickup and dropoff time in the shared ride paratransit system (OMFGGGGGGGGGG) #AccessibleFutures
It's been a long time since I've live-blogged or live-posted a conference but I really enjoy it !!! #AccessibleFutures
June 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
It's been a long time since I've live-blogged or live-posted a conference but I really enjoy it !!! #AccessibleFutures
Someone is speaking now about the extreme frustrations of going across Bay Area regions. LIke, being unable to go out at night, at all!! She is hella mad. CART has given up, ASL is going strong and I wish someone would pause and transcribe / translate. but i get the gist! #AccessibleFutures
June 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Someone is speaking now about the extreme frustrations of going across Bay Area regions. LIke, being unable to go out at night, at all!! She is hella mad. CART has given up, ASL is going strong and I wish someone would pause and transcribe / translate. but i get the gist! #AccessibleFutures
Someone who is from SF and visually impaired is talking now about how she would like different agencies to share best practices and having :: ongoing :: training. Disabled people need quick, easy input so we can let you all know what would be cheap or free and easy to fix! #AccessibleFutures
June 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Someone who is from SF and visually impaired is talking now about how she would like different agencies to share best practices and having :: ongoing :: training. Disabled people need quick, easy input so we can let you all know what would be cheap or free and easy to fix! #AccessibleFutures
"When doctors see us as thriving beautiful human beings instead of a pathology , we all win " *big cheers* No one is coming to save us. guess what, it's us. we will fight to become elected officials to sit on boards and commissions to write the policies that are due to us!" #AccessibleFutures
June 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"When doctors see us as thriving beautiful human beings instead of a pathology , we all win " *big cheers* No one is coming to save us. guess what, it's us. we will fight to become elected officials to sit on boards and commissions to write the policies that are due to us!" #AccessibleFutures
Half of these high level strategizing and networking conferences is frankly all of us disabled people sharing deeply traumatic stories!!!!!!! It's a whole thing!!!! #AccessibleFutures
June 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Half of these high level strategizing and networking conferences is frankly all of us disabled people sharing deeply traumatic stories!!!!!!! It's a whole thing!!!! #AccessibleFutures
Next session at #AccessibleFutures is about MTC's cross regional standardizing of wayfinding and signage. Maps, signs, etc. that 27 different agencies use across the Bay Area.
June 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Next session at #AccessibleFutures is about MTC's cross regional standardizing of wayfinding and signage. Maps, signs, etc. that 27 different agencies use across the Bay Area.
Jade Theriault who is a fantastic comedian is at this conference doing an actually serious heartfelt speech about "boring social justice activism" (but it is also hilarious) #AccessibleFutures
June 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Jade Theriault who is a fantastic comedian is at this conference doing an actually serious heartfelt speech about "boring social justice activism" (but it is also hilarious) #AccessibleFutures