Although he passed away in 2013, we thought it would be a good idea to pay a small, but deserving tribute to Mr. Fleming's, author of Ride a Mile and Smile the While : a history of the Phoenix Street Railway, 1887-1948. This Sunday, July 24, would have marked the 84th birthday Lawrence J. This week's #TICOTuesday pays tribute to the man who literally wrote the book on transit in Phoenix (1887-1948). To celebrate the ADA law, the Phoenix Mayor’s Commission on Disability Issues and the Equal Opportunity Department are seeking nominations for Phoenix's Disability Awards and Recognition Event, which honors individuals with disabilities, their employers and others who have shown dedication to the access and functional needs community. Learn more at /eod. All bus orders from that point on were for accessible buses and in 1998 the department reached a 100% accessible bus fleet. The first accessible that was put into service was #4401 (pictured below), which became part of the fleet in 1981. However, nearly a decade before the Phoenix Public Transit Department had already begun the process to ensure that transit was accessible to everyone in Phoenix. Bush, and as a result required all transit agencies to purchase buses that were wheelchair accessible. Today marks the 26th anniversary the America with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law by President George H.W. So when it's the birthday of a man known for his pop art, TICO took the opportunity to honor Andy Warhol (and TICO too). It's no secret that here at #TICOTuesday headquarters we have a couple crutches to routinely help us out with our tweets, so it only seemed appropriate that on #NationalBookLoversDay we take some time to give those "crutches" their time in the spotlight.Īs we have shown in the past, every now and then we are going to break from the normal #TICOTuesday tweets. So we put together this flash (that would be a good circulator name too) card to help you (and us) remember what each circulator's name really means.Ĭelebrating a "National Day" the TICO way
ALEX, DASH, MARY and SMART are all easy to remember, unless you're trying to remember what they mean, because they are actually acronyms. TICO isn't the only transit offering with a catchy name, all of our circulators have catchy names too.
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