Tips for Riding Metro for People with Disabilities and Senior
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Low Low accessible. for Metro Riding for Tips to Answers Helpful phone numbers phone Helpful All buses are are buses All Large symbols Elevators are Every station Large signs on the Large electronic Priority seats on pylons outside equipped with entrance has one platform wall name signs on each are next to the stations direct you security cameras wide faregate to the station and street mezzanine and center train to the elevators. and emergency make access easy exits, and the platform list elevator doors. Audio Raised letters and intercoms to for customers in symbol direct you to outages and shuttle announcements Braille identify the contact Metro staff. wheelchairs. the nearest elevator. bus locations. advise you of the station and the In-elevator chimes Other features Emergency They also display next station. Metro lines that and audio messages include SmarTrip® intercoms at each the destination and Display signs serve it. announce the targets located platform are marked arrival time of the in some cars name elevator’s level and inside the faregates. with a white stripe or next trains, and the next station and Priority parking service delays. spaces near the direction it will Platform tiles change the word HELP. advise you on which the station entrance travel. from smooth to Use the intercom Rail car gap side of the car the are reserved for Most elevators that bumpy domes to to call the station reducers shorten doors will open. vehicles that display only serve two levels alert you that you manager in an the space between All rail cars have DMV permits or automatically travel are near the edge. emergency. the car and platform intercoms at both license plates. to the other level. Customers who are Instructions are in to make it easier ends of the car; blind or have low Braille and raised for people who use the 6000 and On escalators, the Lower panels wheelchairs or other yellow stripe defines on farecard vision may use their letters. If you cannot 7000 series cars cane or foot to detect speak, simply press mobility devices. have additional the edge of the step machines make Chimes, audio to help customers it easy for the change. Lights the button and intercoms in the flash on the platform knock. announcements center of the car. with low vision. customers in and a flashing light wheelchairs to buy edge when a train Use the intercom is arriving to assist above the doors only to report an fares. Instructions at alert you when car farecard machines customers who emergency to the are deaf or hard of doors open and train operator. also are in Braille, close. raised letters and hearing. Instructions are in audio. Barriers between rail Braille and raised cars prevent riders letters. If you cannot Answers to frequently asked questions who are blind or speak, simply have low vision from press and hold Who is eligible for Metro’s reduced fare programs? How do I get reduced fares as a senior citizen? mistaking the space the call button for People under the age of 65 with disabilities (which are medically certified by a health care Senior citizens, age 65 and older, can purchase a Senior SmarTrip® card for $2.00. for a doorway. assistance. provider), senior citizens age 65 and older and Medicare eligible customers UNDER the Senior SmarTrip® cards can be purchased at all Metro sales offices and some retail age of 65. locations. For participating retail locations, contact the SmarTrip® Regional Customer How do I get a Metro Reduced Fare SmarTrip® ID for the reduced fares? Service Center at 1-888-762-7874.