The Access Board’s existing guidelines require buses, OTRBs, and vans to provide wheelchair securement systems that comply with specified technical requirements at each wheelchair space....
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Wheelchair Securement Systems
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5. Interoperability Requirements for Assistive Technology
In the 2010 and 2011 ANPRMs, which drew heavily from the TEITAC Report, the Board took similar approaches to assistive technology....
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3. Comparison of WCAG 2.0 to Existing 508 Standards
The Access Board has created a comprehensive table comparing WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA Success Criteria to the corresponding requirements in the existing 508 Standards....
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General Comments (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
They urged the Department and the Board to coordinate the ADAAG provisions and any substantive changes to them with the ANSI A117 committee in order to maintain a consistent and uniform...
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PURPOSE AND LEGAL AUTHORITY
Technological advances have resulted in the widespread use of multifunction devices that call into question the ongoing utility of the product-by-product approach used in the Access Board’s...
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F. Paperwork Reduction Act
To comply with this requirement, the Board publishes here a notice of proposed collection of information in the proposed 255 Guidelines....
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General Comments (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
They urged the Department and the Board to coordinate the ADAAG provisions and any substantive changes to them with the ANSI A117 committee in order to maintain a consistent and uniform...
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Horizontal Alignment
When evaluating the coefficient of friction, it is important to remember that it does not truly represent the point at which a tire will slide out from under the path user, rather, it is...
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Poured in Place Rubber
The wide range of cost per sq. ft. can be attributed to the fact that PIP is often sold on a sliding scale, the more material purchased, the cheaper the unit cost. ...
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Paragraph (f) Operable with limited reach and strength (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In the NPRM the Board had asked (Question 6) whether the ADAAG provisions for controls and operating mechanisms and reach ranges should be included here....
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Light Rail Platform Slope
The Board has explicitly specified that rail platforms shall slope no more than 1:48 in any direction, consistent with cross slope provisions for walking surfaces in section 403....
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Gaps
They must comply with the Board’s vehicle guidelines (36 CFR 1192.83 (c)....
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WMD POSITIONS FOR TRANSFER
In the diagram below, the upper wheelchair illustrates a typical side transfer, which may optionally utilize a transfer board....
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Picnic Units With Mobility Features [F245.2.1 and F245.2.2]
Entities should provide information on the location of picnic units with mobility features on Web sites, in brochures, and at bulletin boards or information kiosks at the picnic facility...
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Documenting Use of the Conditions for Exceptions on a Portion of a Trail or Beach Access Route [F204.4.1]
The Access Board is responsible for investigating complaints alleging violations of the ABA Standards and will request documentation when a complaint involves a trail or beach access route...
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Reasons for issuing proposed accessibility guidelines
Reasons for issuing proposed accessibility guidelines The Access Board’s current accessibility guidelines, the 2004 ADA and ABA Accessibility Guidelines, were developed primarily for...
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B.5.i. - What is nonavailability?
Nonavailability refers to circumstances where no commercial items are available that meet the applicable Access Board’s technical provisions (directly or through equivalent facilitation)...
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G.6.iii. - Can "significant expense" be established simply by demonstrating that a product that meets the applicable technical provisions is significantly more expensive than one that does not?
In determining whether acquisition of EIT that meets all or part of the applicable technical provisions of the Access Board's standards would impose an undue burden, an agency must consider...
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C. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
As such, the Board has determined that the proposed rule does not have federalism implications within the meaning of Executive Order 13132....
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C102.1 Incorporation by Reference
Copies of the referenced standards may be inspected at the Access Board’s office, 1331 F Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004....
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E102.1 Incorporation by Reference
Copies of the referenced standards may be inspected at the Access Board’s office, 1331 F Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004....
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Proposed Accessibility Guidelines for Passenger Vessels (link to document)
Preamble Chapter V1: Application and Administration Chapter V2: Scoping Requirements Chapter V3: Building Blocks Chapter V4: Onboard Accessible Routes and Accessible Passenger Boarding...
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C. Regulatory Flexibility Act
rule merely remedies several inadvertent drafting errors in the ICT Final Rule, including the unintentional deletion of longstanding TTY-related accessibility requirements, the Access Board...
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Why are detectable warnings no longer required for all curb ramps or at hazardous vehicular areas?
In the last update, the ADA Standards were revised to focus more clearly on facilities located on sites in recognition of separate criteria the Access Board is developing for public rights-of-ways...