Maddy Ruvolo, a disabled urban planner for sfmta_muni, has spent her career ensuring that disabled people can seamlessly navigate their neighborhood and surrounding areas. Now her work has caught the attention of President Joe Biden.
Maddy Ruvolo, a transportation planner for SFMTA whose work has focused on improving transit options for those with disabilities, on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. Ruvolo was recently appointed to the United States Access Board of Transportation and Accessibility by President Joe Biden.
Ruvolo, 29, is younger than the Americans with Disabilities Act and feels that fact illustrates “how long so many people in the disability community have been waiting for accessibility. Obviously, we’ve made huge strides, but there’s so much work yet to do,” she said. “I more or less didn’t get out of bed for the next three years,” she said. “Then my symptoms improved somewhat and I was able to go to college,” she said.
Eager to satiate her curiosity on a metropolitan city’s inner workings, Ruvolo applied to the San Francisco Fellows program, which was designed by the Department of Human Resources to give college students and recent graduates hands-on experience in public service. She was placed at The City’s transportation agency and worked in the Livable Streets group, which creates streets that accommodate all users in a safe way regardless of their mode of transportation, age and abilities.
With a year under her belt, Ruvolo views the Golden Gate Park Access and Safety Program and the implementation of an adaptive bike share program as proud achievements. The safety program was a collaboration between the SFMTA and the SF Recreation and Park Department that prioritized people walking and biking in the park over cars, especially ones that used the park’s roads as shortcuts to other destinations.
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