Requirements to Remember for ADA Compliance in Construction Projects: Transportation Facilities

Requirements to Remember for: Bus Rapid Transit Systems

ADA standards apply to buses and bus boarding and alighting areas as well as BRT vehicles and stops/stations. (DOT ADA Regulation 49 C.F.R. Part 38, Subpart B and DOT ADA Standard 810.)

If not using a lift or ramp to provide level boarding, the grantee must submit to FTA a demonstration of equivalent facilitation. (DOT ADA Regulation 49 C.F.R. 37.7(b) and DOT ADA Regulation 49 C.F.R. 38.2.)

If roadways are being resurfaced or otherwise altered as part of a BRT project, curb ramps must be installed at crosswalks that have been affected. (DOT ADA Standard 106.5.)