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FORMERLY NAVIGATOR MOBILITY CONSULTING
ADA GURU's UPCOMING TRAININGS
Jess Segovia, ADA Guru, offers the following courses to assist transit professionals of all levels and responsibilities in understanding how to provide high quality, compliant accessible public transit services.
Workshops include:
1. ADA Requirements for Bus & Demand Responsive Services
2. ADA Paratransit Eligibility Determination
3. Advanced Wheelchair Securement Strategies
4. Bus Stop Accessibility Requirements
5. Creating Effective Operating Policies, Procedures & Documentation Strategies
6. Evaluating Your Community's Transportation Coordination Effectiveness
7. Enhancing Your Community's Mobility Management Program
8. ADA Hot Topics - Service Animals, Direct Threat/Denial of Service & Reasonable Modification Requirements
9. Strategies for Reducing ADA-related Lawsuits & Complaints
10. Improving your Regional Transportation Coordination Planning Process
11. It's a Jungle Out There! The Wild World of Service Animals
12. Creating/Enhancing Your Secret Shopper Program (Mystery Rider)
...AND MANY OTHERS
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UPCOMING TRAININGS
ADA COMPLIANCE TRAINING IN PARADISE!
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MAY 20 - 22, 2025
3-DAY ADA COMPLIANCE SEMINAR
Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort
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Join Jess Segovia, ADA Guru, and fellow transit professionals in beautiful Waikiki Beach for 3 days of learning and fun as you enhance your knowledge of the operating requirements of the ADA for Bus, Paratransit and other services.
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ADA COMPLIANCE SEMINAR AGENDA
-A Review of Key ADA Compliance Operating Requirements for Public Transportation Providers
-Understanding Your Role as an ADA Compliance Professional
-ADA Compliance Challenges & Distractions in Operations
-Best Practices for Handling and Documenting ADA-Related Service Incidents
-Enhancing Your ADA Compliance Operating Policies
-Training Your Staff to be Experts in Assisting Riders with Disabilities
-The Role of Oversight in Maintaining ADA Compliance (Drivers and Contractors)
-Creating an Educated Ridership Population
-Developing A Successful Partnership with Your Operations Contractor/s
-Now What?: How to Improve Your Agency’s ADA Compliance Program Immediately
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Registration fee: $1,349 per person
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Once registration and payment is complete, a hotel reservation link will be sent.
Hope to see you in Hawaii!!!
FREE!
ADA Compliance Q&A
webinars
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Sign up for ADA Guru's ADA Tips and Updates to receive information on dates/times.
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ZOOM WEBINAR INFORMATION
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83909841526
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ADA COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS
FOR BUS & DEMAND RESPONSIVE
SERVICES webinar
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Wednesday, February 5, 2025​
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8:30 AM - 12:00 Noon PST
$299 per person
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This trainings reviews the operating elements required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in providing fully accessible fixed route bus and demand responsive services (*ADA Paratransit, Dial-A-Ride, Deviated Fixed Route, Human Service Transportation, etc.) to people with disabilities.
Content includes Non- Discrimination Requirements, Assisting Riders with Disabilities (including riders using wheelchairs, walkers, hidden disabilities, etc.), Service Animals, Direct Threat/Denial of Service, Reasonable Modification, Driver Training, Accessible Information and ADA Paratransit requirements.
ADA PARATRANSIT ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION
webinar
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025
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10:00 AM - 1:00 PM PST
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$299/person
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This training reviews key elements in providing compliant and effective ADA Paratransit eligibility determination services; including in-person eligibility. Topics include but are not limited to evaluating people with mobility disabilities, cognitive disabilities and visual impairments. Best practices for application and medical verification content is also reviewed.
ADVANCED WHEELCHAIR
SECUREMENT STRATEGIES
webinar​
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Thursday, March 6, 2025
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9:30 AM - 12:30 PM PST
$299 per person
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This training provides comprehensive strategies for securing difficult to secure wheelchairs, scooters and other mobility aids. Content includes best practices for Driver training and securement policies, as well as a technical review of how wheelchairs and scooters are designed and manufactured.
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BUS STOP ACCESSIBILITY
webinar
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Thursday, February 20, 2025
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9:30 AM - 12:30 PM PST
$299 per person
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This training provides a review of the
ADA’s requirements for creating and maintaining accessible bus stops; including path of travel and how to prioritize bus stop and amenity improvements.
WORKSHOP REFUND POLICY
Workshop registration payments are non-refundable. However, credit towards a future training is held without expiration.
PAST WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCE SESSIONS
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ADA COMPLIANCE WORKSHOPS
July 2020 - State of Nebraska Transit Center
June 2020 - South El Monte, CA (hosted by City of South El Monte)
December 2019 - Pasadena, CA (hosted by City of Pasadena)
September 2019 - Pinole, CA (hosted by WestCAT)
May 2019 - Phoenix, AZ (hosted by Maricopa Association of Governments)
March 2019 - Portland OR (hosted by TriMet)
March 2019 - Hollister, CA (hosted by San Benito County Transit)
March 2019 - Hesperia, CA (hosted by Victor Valley Transit Authority)
January 2019 - Los Angeles, CA (hosted by City of Whittier)
January 2019 - Clovis, CA (hosted by Clovis Transit)
December 2018 - Phoenix, AZ (hosted by City of Mesa)
December 2018 - Stockton, CA (hosted by RTD)
December 2018 - Redding, CA (hosted by SRTA)
December 2018 - Sacrament0 (hosted by Paratransit Inc.)
December 2018 - Charlotte, NC (hosted by CATS STS)
December 2018 - Columbia, SC (hosted by The COMET)
October 2018 - Phoenix, AZ (hosted by City of Avondale)
October 2018 - Oakland, CA (hosted by AC Transit)
October 2018 - Flagstaff, AZ (hosted by NAIPTA)
September 2018 - Yuma, AZ (hosted by YCIPTA)
September 2018 - Northern Los Angeles, CA (hosted by Santa Clarita Transit)
September 2018 - Central Los Angeles, CA (hosted by City of Whittier)
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CONFERENCE SESSIONS
September 2019 - National RTAP Conference (Portland, OR)
April 2019 - Arizona Transit Association
March 2019 - Transportation Association of South Carolina (TASC)
March 2019 - SouthWest Transit Association Conference
April 2018 - Arizona Transit Association - Service Animals
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