The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) charges the Access Board with responsibility for the development of minimum guidelines aimed at ensuring the accessibility and usability of transportation...
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Purpose and Legal Authority
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3. Relationship between Functional Performance Criteria and Technical Provisions
To address this confusion, in the 2010 ANPRM, the Board proposed language to clarify that ICT may be deemed accessible if satisfying all applicable technical requirements, irrespective of...
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7. Definition and Coverage of Technology with “Closed Functionality”
In its TEITAC Report, the Advisory Committee recommended that the Board make a nomenclature change to “closed functionality” from the existing term “self-contained, closed products“ to better...
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R411 International Symbol of Accessibility (Section-by-Section Analysis)
R411 International Symbol of Accessibility (Section-by-Section Analysis) The technical requirements ramps, stairways, handrails, visual characters on signs, and the International Symbol...
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A4.3.1(2) Sites
Level, indirect routes or those with running slopes lower than 1:20 can sometimes provide more convenience than direct routes with maximum allowable slopes or with ramps....
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Pedestrian Access Points to a Beach
Access Points include parking facilities that serve beaches, dune crossings, and stairways or ramps leading from boardwalks, walkways, or parking spaces to the beach....
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A4.3.1(2) Sites
Level, indirect routes or those with running slopes lower than 1:20 can sometimes provide more convenience than direct routes with maximum allowable slopes or with ramps....
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Raised Crossings
Raised crossings, where provided, eliminate the need for curb ramps while serving to reduce traffic speeds....
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§ 38.83(c)(6)(ii) Exception
Ramps or bridge plates which are attached to, and deployed from, station platforms are permitted in lieu of vehicle devices provided they meet the displacement requirements of paragraph...
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206.7.5 Existing Site Constraints
Platform lifts shall be permitted where existing exterior site constraints make use of a ramp or elevator infeasible. Advisory 206.7.5 Existing Site Constraints....
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11B-206.2.3.2 Distance to Elevators
new construction of buildings where elevators are required by Section 11B-206.2.3, and which exceed 10,000 square feet (929 m2) on any floor, an accessible means of vertical access via ramp...
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11B-206.7.5 Existing site constraints
Platform lifts shall be permitted where existing exterior site constraints make use of a ramp or elevator infeasible. [2010 ADAS] Advisory 206.7.5 Existing Site Constraints. ...
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Platform Lifts at Existing Site Constraints
Original ADAAG allowed use of platform lifts where ramps or lifts are infeasible due to existing site constraints (4.1.3(5), Exception 4(d))....
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13. Do the provisions for openings in floor and ground surfaces in Section 302.3 apply to walking surfaces in play areas?
Section 302.3 applies to accessible routes that connect to ground level play components and that provide ramp access to elevated play components....
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Path of Travel
§36.403(e)(2) An accessible path of travel may consist of walks and sidewalks, curb ramps and other interior or exterior pedestrian ramps; clear floor paths through lobbies, corridors...
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Passenger Loading Zones [4.6.6]
Aisles must be at least 5 feet wide, although a wider aisle (8 feet wide minimum) is helpful at zones that serve transit vehicles with lifts or ramps....
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11B-206.7.5 Existing site constraints
Platform lifts shall be permitted where existing exterior site constraints make use of a ramp or elevator infeasible. [2010 ADAS] Advisory 206.7.5 Existing Site Constraints. ...
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11B-206.2.3.2 Distance to Elevators
new construction of buildings where elevators are required by Section 11B-206.2.3, and which exceed 10,000 square feet (929 m2) on any floor, an accessible means of vertical access via ramp...
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11B-206.2.3.2 Distance to Elevators
new construction of buildings where elevators are required by Section 11B-206.2.3, and which exceed 10,000 square feet (929 m2) on any floor, an accessible means of vertical access via ramp...
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11B-206.7.5 Existing site constraints
Platform lifts shall be permitted where existing exterior site constraints make use of a ramp or elevator infeasible. Advisory 11B-206.7.5 Existing site constraints....
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413.1.2 Audio Description Controls (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Locating audio description controls in a prominent location is not currently a common design practice, though the Board does not anticipate that it will add substantial cost....
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Designated Aisle Seats
The Board has significantly lowered the number of designated aisle seats required to be accessible....
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M305.2.6 Gripping Surfaces (Section-by-Section Analysis)
However, in the MDE NPRM preamble the Access Board repeatedly noted that it was considering applying many of the provisions from the 2004 ABA and ADA Accessibility Guidelines for grab bars...
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7. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Standards and Guidelines
From the Board’s website: “On January 18, 2017, the Access Board published a final rule that jointly updates requirements for information and communication technology covered by Section...