Travel planning

What to do before you leave

Resources for this section:

• U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs www.travel.state.gov
• Disability Blog – Coming Home: Travel and Long Distance Caregivers http://blog.govdelivery.com/usodep/2010/12/coming-home-travel-and-long-distance-caregivers.html
• AbilityTrip.com - AbilityTrip is a centralized resource for accessible travel information – a travel guide – for the community of disabled travelers and their companions. The site provides information on the current state of accessibility by destination including logistics, accommodations, activities, restaurants, and emergency services. AbilityTrip also provides consulting services to destinations seeking to increase their utility and attractiveness to the disabled community.: http://www.abilitytrip.com/
• Quebec’s “ The Accessible Road 2010” www.theaccessibleroad.com or 1-877 BONJOUR

Transportation: Getting to where you need to go

Planes

• Travel complaints by PWD by air carrier:
  • http://airconsumer.dot.gov/publications/2009DetailByCarrier.htm

Trains

Renting a car

Accessible taxi’s

Pedestrian travel

Resources :

• SUNY Cortland project on accessible parks -
  • SUNY CORTLAND’S IRRC-Inclusive Recreation Resource Center at: http://www.nysirrc.org/
• Useful websites
  • Preparing to Fly: http://www.faa.gov/passengers/prepare_fly/
  • Fly Rights: A consumer guide to Air Travel: http://airconsumer.ost.dot.gov/publications/flyrights.htm
  • The opening door, Inc: Access Guides by city http://www.travelguides.org/accessguides.html
  • Accessible vacation Home Exchange: Independent Living Institute: http://www.independentliving.org/vacaswap.html
  • Emerging Horizons: Travel Information for Wheelchair Users and Slow Walkers: http://emerginghorizons.com/
  • Disaboom: Accessible travel - http://www.disaboom.com/accessible-travel

NYS511 Resource: www.511ny.org or call 511

• 511NY is New York State's official traffic and travel info source. Whether you drive or take public transit, click below for precisely what you need, or simply dial 511 on your phone. Wherever you're going, 511NY is here to get you there. The free, one-stop, all-encompassing Web and telephone service provides the latest on transportation services and conditions statewide. It operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Web site, http://www.511ny.org/, has a wealth of essential news on traffic and transit conditions, transit trip planners, ride-sharing options and other travel links. With Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and YouTube features, you can find out even more information and get connected to go anywhere. The phone service is an automated, interactive voice system reachable by landline and cellular phones and driven by a user's voice or phone keys. 511NY features nine different calling regions statewide with unique calling menus tailored to the transportation services available within each region. Also free within the 511NY system is a personalized TransAlert subscription service that provides e-mail or cell phone text notifications of significant incidents on major highways and the greater transportation network in the state. TransAlerts are short electronic messages sent by NYSDOT via the New York State Emergency Management Office's NY-ALERT system.