RE: DOT proposes WCAG 2.0 Level AA requirement for air travel websites

We've done the same thing in Canada.

 

I just completed a WCAG 2.0 conformance audit for the Canadian
Transportation Agency of all major Canadian transportation providers' web
sites.

 

Cheers

David MacDonald

www.eramp.com 

 

From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On Behalf
Of Bailey, Bruce
Sent: September-21-11 9:37 AM
To: WCAG
Subject: DOT proposes WCAG 2.0 Level AA requirement for air travel websites

 

The Department of Transportation has proposed WCAG 2.0 Level AA requirement
for U.S. air travel related websites they govern.  This is part of the Air
Carrier Access Act (ACAA) Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM)
issued Monday, news of which even made the White House!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/09/20/department-transportation-continue
s-fight-accessibility

 

There is a bunch of stuff in the SNPRM, so permit me to highlight the part
that is of most interest to this group:

http://regulationroom.org/air-travel-accessibility/issue-posts/accessibility
-standards-websites/

 

A direct link to the docket for submitting comments is:

http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=DOT-OST-2011-0177