Agenda - 09-06-2022; 5-b - Orange County Transportation Services – ADA Paratransit Plan

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22 Orange County Transportation Services ADA Paratransit Plan • Refusing to vacate designated wheelchair areas and/or seating for senior citizens and people with disabilities on the bus. • Eating or drinking on the bus. (Note: Food items in closed containers are permitted.) • Using an audio device (e.g., portable radio, tape, CD player, TV, etc.), unless such equipment is used with earphones so that the sound is limited to that person's own listening. • Standing in front of the yellow standee line at the front of the bus near the driver's seat or leaning on the rear doors. • Bringing any animal on buses uncaged or caged, except service animals that assist those with disabilities. • Bringing on board any large articles, packages, baggage, noncollapsible strollers or baby buggies that block the aisle and restrict the free movement of passengers. • Engaging in indecent, profane, boisterous, unreasonably loud, demeaning and disrespectful behavior toward OCTS employees, contractors and/or passengers. • Engaging in unauthorized canvassing, selling, soliciting or distributing any material on board buses or at the transfer facility. • Boarding unattended minors: children 5 years of age and under must be closely accompanied at all times by an older responsible individual. • Roller-skating, roller-blading or skateboarding on buses or at the transfer facility. • Hanging or swinging from stanchions or other bus equipment with feet off the floor. • Hanging out, reaching out or putting anything out of bus windows. • Willfully refusing to pay a fare or to show appropriate identification or fare media to the bus operator. • Misusing fare media, including counterfeit or stolen fare media. • Obstructing or interfering with the bus operator's safe operation of the bus. • Participating in otherwise disorderly or inappropriate conduct that is inconsistent with the orderly and comfortable use of buses for their intended purpose. This includes putting your feet on the seat or leaving trash behind; not wearing a shirt and shoes; and exposing other passengers to bodily fluids of any kind or odors that may present serious health or safety risks. B. Level II offenses • Smoking or carrying a lighted or smoldering pipe, cigar or cigarette on the bus or inside the transfer facility (this includes electronic cigars or cigarettes). • Fighting • Threatening OCTS passengers or employees, including following or stalking passengers or employees. • Obstructing or interfering with bus operator's safe operation of the vehicle. • Drinking alcoholic beverages or possessing open containers of alcoholic beverages. C. Level III offenses • Bringing any items of a dangerous nature on board buses including weapons (pistols, rifles, knives or swords); flammable liquids; dangerous, toxic or poisonous substances; vessels containing caustic materials, chemicals, acids or alkalis; sheet glass and sharp objects. Orange County Planning Department Page 16