the Department of Transportation (DOT) apply to facilities used by state and local governments to provide designated public transportation services, including bus stops and stations, and rail...
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Requirements to Remember for ADA Compliance in Construction Projects: Transportation Facilities
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49 CFR Part 37 - Transportation for Individuals With Disabilities at Intercity, Commuter, and High Speed Passenger Railroad Station Platforms; Miscellaneous Amendments
49 CFR Parts 37 and 38 [Docket OST–2006–23985] RIN 2105–AD54 Transportation for Individuals With Disabilities at Intercity, Commuter, and High Speed Passenger Railroad Station Platforms...
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49 CFR Parts 37 and 38 -- Transportation for Individuals With Disabilities at Intercity, Commuter, and High Speed Passenger Railroad Station Platforms; Miscellaneous Amendments, Preamble
Passenger railroads must provide level-entry boarding at new or altered stations in which no track passing through the station and adjacent to platforms is shared with existing freight rail...
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Questions and Answers: Transportation Services for Individuals with Disabilities
The FRA Office of Civil Rights is responsible for civil rights compliance and monitoring to ensure non-discrimination of inter-city rail services....
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Standards for Transportation Facilities
DOT’s ADA Standards apply to facilities used by state and local governments to provide designated public transportation services, including bus stops and stations, and rail stations....
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What is the Minimum Width for Non-Level Boarding?
[49 CFR §§ 37.9, 37.41-37.43, 38.125] June 16, 2015
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Access to Rail Cars at New or Altered Station Platforms
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Flange way gap
For rail projects, no flange way gap can be greater than 2.5" where passenger circulation paths cross tracks at grade (i.e. a street-level pedestrian crossing over streetcar tracks)....
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§ 37.42 Service in an Integrated Setting to Passengers at Intercity, Commuter, and High-Speed Rail Station Platforms Constructed or Altered After February 1, 2012
[76 FR 57935, Sept. 19, 2011]
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§ 37.42(a)
(a) In addition to meeting the requirements of sections 37.9 and 37.41, an operator of a commuter, intercity, or high-speed rail system must ensure, at stations that are approved for entry...
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§ 37.42(b)
(b) For new or altered stations serving commuter, intercity, or high-speed rail lines or systems, in which no track passing through the station and adjacent to platforms is shared with existing...
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12162(a)(2)(C)(i)
(i) be able to be entered from the station platform by an individual who uses a wheelchair; or...
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§ 37.42(c)
(c) For new or altered stations serving commuter, intercity, or high-speed rail lines or systems, in which track passing through the station and adjacent to platforms is shared with existing...
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§ 37.42(d)
(d) Before constructing or altering a platform at a station covered by paragraph (c) of this section, at which a railroad proposes to use a means other than level-entry boarding, the railroad...
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§ 37.42(e)
(e) In any situation using a combination of high and low platforms, a commuter or intercity rail operator shall not employ a solution that has the effect of channeling passengers into a...
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Station platforms
Station platforms must be coordinated with the vehicle floor height. (DOT ADA Standard 810.5.3.)...
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Section 37.42 Service in an integrated setting to passengers at intercity, commuter, and high-speed rail station platforms constructed or altered after February 1, 2012
The performance standard does not require rail operators to retrofit existing station platforms or cars....
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Section 810.5.3
Section 810.5.3 This section concerns coordination between rail platforms and rail vehicles....
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ADA & Level Boarding - Public Obligations
49 CFR 37.42(c); 49 CFR 27.7(b)(2) 5/24/12
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ADA & Level Boarding - When Does Section 37.42 begin to apply?
49 CFR §37.42(a) DECEMBER 14, 2011
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QUESTION: WHEN DO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 37.42 BEGIN TO APPLY?
The performance standard and other requirements of section 37.42(a) apply to stations that are approved for entry into final design or that begin construction or alteration of platforms...
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810.5.3 Platform and Vehicle Floor Coordination
Low-level platforms shall be 8 inches (205 mm) minimum above top of rail....
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ADA & Level Boarding - What constitutes an alteration?
49 CFR §§37.42(a); 37.3 DECEMBER 14, 2011
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Light Rail Platform Slope
Commenters advised that the specifications should address platforms for light rail vehicles which should be allowed to conform to the grade of the street. Response....