49 CFR Parts 37 and 38 -- Transportation for Individuals With Disabilities at Intercity, Commuter, and High Speed Passenger Railroad Station Platforms; Miscellaneous Amendments, Preamble

Comments

Most of the comments on these issues were from the disability community, and they unanimously recommended that GFE be required. The rationale for doing so, they said, is the same as in the case of fixed route vehicles: simply acquiring inaccessible used vehicles perpetuates transportation that is not fully accessible to and usable by passengers with disabilities. The few transit industry comments that addressed this subject objected to performing GFE in these cases, saying that doing so was unnecessary and could inhibit demand-responsive systems for the general public from using sedans or taxi services as part of their operation.