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

It is likely that today there may be a significant number of used accessible vans and small buses available that demand responsive systems for the general public could use. We believe that it is a best practice for such systems to make good faith efforts to acquire accessible vehicles when seeking used vehicles. However, the statute imposes a good faith effort requirement for acquiring used vehicles only on fixed-route systems, not demand-responsive systems for the general public. Consequently, the Department will not include a regulatory text provision mandating good faith efforts for used vehicles operated in demand-responsive systems for the general public.