Disabled Students win settlement from class-action suit with University 

UC Berkeley has settled a class-action suit with a group of disabled students, who complained of numerous places being inaccessible to them. The settlement (HTML summary or PDF full version), which is still waiting for final approval in March, will involve improvements such as:

-New, more accessible shuttle buses with wheelchair lifts. Shelters will also be added to bus stops to protect people from bad weather.
-An electric cart service will be available for climbing hills and emergency evacuations.
-More signs inside and outside of buildings, with Braille and raised lettering for the vision impaired.
-A new emergency campus evacuation policy with employees available to help the disabled.

If approved, the settlement should be complete within 14 years. That's almost around the time for the Long Range Development Plan to be completed, pending another possible lawsuit with the city of Berkeley (see this post).
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