Accessibility
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Our accessibility plan
We have a number of technology features on our buses making it easier for everyone to travel:
- Audio and visual pre-boarding announcements of route number and direction on each bus
- Onboard audio and visual announcements for next stop information in all buses
- Large digital signs providing real time bus arrivals at four key locations; Sheridan College, the Uptown Core Terminal and the Oakville and Bronte GO Stations
View the accessibility interactive map for the current Oakville Transit route map and all accessible bus stop locations.
Our vehicles
Conventional buses
All Oakville Transit conventional buses have the following features:
- Low floor
- Preboarding announcements
- Digital sign and audio announcements for next stop information
- Can accommodate two wheelchair/scooter customers at the same time
- Air-conditioned
- Entrance and ramp lighting
- Equipped with one wheelchair/scooter entrance ramp with two-inch wheel safety guards, with warning indicator lamp and auditory warning alarm
- Kneeling feature which allows the bus to be lowered
- Passenger signal stop request
- High colour contrast grab bars and stanchions
- Low glare, anti slip floor covering
- Fluorescent lighting
care-A-van buses
Oakville care-A-van specialized vehicles are designed especially for para-transit service.
care-A-van vehicles are safe, comfortable and accessible, and include the following features:
- Low floor
- Equipped with one wheelchair/scooter entrance ramp with two-inch wheel safety guards
- Oversized entrance doors to allow for larger-size wheelchairs and scooters
- Can accommodate up to five wheelchair/scooter passengers at the same time
- Air-conditioned
- Entrance and ramp lighting
- Kneeling feature which allows ramps to be lowered
- Grab bars, handrails and stanchions
- Anti-slip floor covering
- Rub rails
- Fluorescent lighting
- Fire suppression system
For more information and to apply, visit the care-A-van page.
We all need accessibility
People with disabilities represent a major and growing part of our population. Disabilities affect key areas of daily living. About 1.8 million or 15.5 per cent of Ontarians have a disability.
In Oakville, that equates to over 27,000 residents. By 2026, as the population ages, it is estimated that 16 per cent of people in Canada will have a disability.
Ontario's accessibility standards
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005
Requires businesses and organizations to provide accessible services to people with disabilities. The goal is for Ontario to be fully accessible by 2025.
Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation
A standard developed under the AODA which includes 80 accessibility standards relating to transportation, employment, and information and communications.