{"id":12576,"date":"2024-03-06T15:50:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T15:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ada-dcc.org\/dev\/?page_id=12576"},"modified":"2024-03-06T18:22:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T18:22:44","slug":"current-great-lakes-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ada-dcc.org\/dev\/current-great-lakes-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Great Lakes Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Great Lakes ADA Center Blog<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Tale of 12 Cities: What Makes a High-Quality Transition Plan?<\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

By Kelley Frake, June 22, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The ADA Title II deadline for state and local governments to conduct a self-evaluation and create a\u00a0transition plan<\/a>\u00a0has long passed. However, recent lawsuits involving the pedestrian environment and major cities like\u00a0Chicago<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Philadelphia<\/a>\u00a0have shown that the need for comprehensive, high-quality transition plans is more relevant than ever. But what separates a \u2018high-quality\u2019 transition plan from a low-quality plan? What are the key ingredients for a successful plan? How does a city ensure effective implementation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to answer these questions, researchers Delphine Labb\u00e9 and Yochai Eisenberg from the University of Illinois Chicago\u2019s Great Lakes ADA Center interviewed ADA Coordinators and their municipal planning teams from across the United States about their ADA transition plans for updating sidewalks, curb ramps, pedestrian signals, and other areas of the public right-of-way. Based on these interviews, the team identified the best practices and key resources used by planning teams and organized them into a collection of 12 municipality case studies that highlight the key elements for successful ADA transition planning shared across the different communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following 12 cities and their transition plans are featured in the casebook:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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