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... TCRP LRD 59 65 formation apps, route optimization, and dispatch and planning software. State and local governments may have to bear the consequences of damages for breaching standards due to operations, a product, an act, or neglect arising from a technology adopted by a transit agency.
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... 66 TCRP LRD 59 of new technology," it does require that new technology be accessible to all persons, including those with disabilities.584 This applies to vehicle acquisition and specification requirements and to service provision requirements, as well as the way transit agencies convey information about services, websites and mobile applications, trip planning and booking systems, fare payment technology, real-time information apps, route optimization and dispatch and planning software, and other new technologies. While nearly all technologies are implicated by the ADA and state-equivalent requirements, they may also raise transportation equity and environmental justice issues that transit agencies must address prior to implementation.
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... TCRP LRD 59 67 The variety of legal issues associated with new and emerging technologies shows that the future of mobility presents significant challenges for regulators, who have been grappling with some of the most disruptive changes in transportation in the past century. As TNCs have shown, innovations may not fit neatly within the existing regulatory framework -- and some may try to break apart that framework.

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