Industry Presentations

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Office of Passenger Transportation (OPT) partnered with Menlo Innovations High-Tech Anthropologists® to conduct ride-along observations and interviews with transit passengers, drivers, mechanics and stakeholders to talk about the QUANTUM Securement System.

Executive Director Curt Macysyn welcomes first-time guest Patrick Girardin, Co-President of Q’Straint. Patrick shares a brief overview of his career and background in student transportation. He offers insight into Q’Straint’s mission, their work with WC19 wheelchairs, and the critical role they address in school transportation.

A 2-hour sponsored training presentation delivered by Darren Reaume (Director of Training, Q’STRAINT) and Paul Faucher (Q’STRAINT Canada) at the ADED Ontario Chapter’s Spring 2022 meeting.

A 2-hour sponsored training presentation delivered by Darren Reaume (Director of Training, Q’STRAINT) and Paul Faucher (Q’STRAINT Canada) at the ADED Ontario Chapter’s Spring 2022 meeting.

As Schools Districts scramble to adapt their educational and transportation models to ensure the safety of their students and staff, perhaps no situation poses a great risk to our students with disabilities than the securement of their wheelchair. This process necessitates close contact between the driver and the student, often for an extended period, within the tight confines of a poorly ventilated school bus.

This webinar tells the story of one school district – Knox County Schools – and their efforts to improve the safe transport of their special-needs students. It provides insights, ideas, and tools that participants can consider applying to address their own unique transportation challenges.

This webinar tells the story of one school district – Knox County Schools – and their efforts toThe constant development of new wheelchair technology—which has resulted in a wider variety of wheelchairs on the market than ever before—combined with the reality that most wheelchairs are still not designed with transportation in mind, means that even the most fastidious transportation providers often find themselves encountering wheelchair securement conundrums.

This presentation will explore developing ridership and securement dilemmas facing transit providers, and examine how emerging technologies and recent regulatory changes are addressing the previous short comings of primitive securement applications. We invite attendees to engage in a thought-provoking discussion about the challenges they are facing and what the changes discussed mean for the industry and the future of ADA transportation.

IDEA was passed in 1975 making schools national leaders in providing equal services for the disabled community. However, today, over 40 years after its passage, school transportation providers are still consistently struggling to safely transport some students with disabilities and to secure the most difficult mobility devices. While wheelchair securement equipment has improved dramatically during this timeframe, there are still thousands of wheelchairs on the market which aren’t designed to be transported.

This presentation explores developing ridership trends facing transit providers, offers an overview of the current research on rearward facing securement, and examines how emerging technologies are addressing the previous shortcomings of primitive rearward securement applications. Review a thought-provoking discussion about the ridership challenges faced and what newly available emerging technologies mean for the industry and the future of ADA transportation.