New Metro is committed to providing a fully accessible website experience for all users of all abilities, including those who rely on assistive technologies like screen readers, screen enlargement software, and alternative keyboard input devices to navigate the web.
Ongoing Efforts to Ensure Accessibility
We follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 as our guiding principle for determining accessibility. These are internationally agreed-upon standards that cover a wide range of recommendations and best practices for making content useable. As we add new pages and functionality to our website, all designs, code, and content entry practices are checked against these standards.
Website accessibility is an ongoing process. We continually test content and features for WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance and remediate any issues to ensure we meet or exceed the standards. Testing of our website is performed by our team members using industry-standard tools such as the Accessibility Checker WordPress Plugin, color contrast analyzers, keyboard-only navigation techniques, and Flesch-Kincaid readability tests.
Accessibility Features On Our Website
The following is a list of items we have included in our website to improve its accessibility:
- Added Alt Tags to all images for screen-reader compliance.
- Added Cookie Consent messaging to a new banner modal Added Cookie Opt-Out page added.
- Sidebar user Accessibility options added for vision-impaired.
- Added code to show new window warning icon on links that would open in a new tab/window
- Styling improvements have been made to ensure high contrast + minimum font size ADA requirements are met.
- All labels are ADA aria tagged.
Where We’re Improving
In our efforts to bring our website up to standard, we are targeting the following areas:
- We are committed to ensuring that all future site updates are ADA compliant and are accessible.
- We will continue to self-audit and look for improvements over time.
This is part of our broader effort to make everyone’s experience at New Metro a welcoming and enjoyable one. Please note that while we make every effort to provide information accessible for all users, we cannot guarantee the accessibility of third party websites to which we may link.
Accessibility Support Contact
We welcome comments, questions, and feedback on our website. If you are using assistive technologies and are having difficulty using our website, please email support@newmetro.club or give us a call at (347) 235-4210. We will do our best to assist you and resolve issues.