In recent years, hotels have provided higher beds, using thicker mattresses that make it difficult or impossible for many individuals who use wheelchairs to transfer onto the beds....
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D. Beds in accessible guest rooms and sleeping rooms
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Shelves, Sales and Service Counters, and Check-Out Aisles
If these changes are not readily achievable, businesses may provide a clip board or lap board until more permanent changes can be made....
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Keypad Buttons
The Board has revised the requirements for elevator keypads, now located at 407.4.6.3 and 407.4.7.2, that are consistent with the ANSI A117.1 standard....
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R302.7 Surfaces
accessible pedestrian signals and pedestrian pushbuttons (see R209), clear spaces at street furniture such as benches (see R212.6), and clear spaces within transit shelters (see R308.2); • Boarding...
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R204.2 Sidewalks
located in the public right-of-way that pedestrian access routes must connect to include accessible pedestrian signals and pedestrian pushbuttons (see R209), street furniture (see R212), boarding...
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7. Alternatives
We considered two alternative approaches to updating the existing 508 Standards and 255 Guidelines: In the 2010 ANPRM, the Board proposed a set of requirements that were based on...
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Appendix A to Part 37—Modifications to Standards for Accessible Transportation Facilities
, in §37.9 of this part, adopts as its regulatory standards for accessible transportation facilities the revised Americans with Disabilities Act Guidelines (ADAGG) issued by the Access Board...
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Figure 404.2.4.2(a) Maneuvering Clearances at Doorways without Doors, Sliding Doors, Gates, and Folding Doors – Drawing from the U.S. Access Board
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Figure 404.2.4.1(a) Maneuvering Clearances at Manual Swinging Doors and Gates: Front Approach, Pull Side – Drawing from the U.S. Access Board
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Section 37.29 Private Providers of Taxi Service
It would be discrimination to pass up a passenger because he or she was blind or used a wheelchair, if the wheelchair was one that could be stowed in the cab and the passenger could transfer...
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Communication Features in Guest Rooms
The Board had proposed increasing the minimum number of such guest rooms to 50% of the total number of guest rooms provided....
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Fire Alarm Systems
The Board had not included this exception in the proposed rule because it considered the basic application provisions for alterations in section 202.3 to be sufficient....
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Number of Accessible Entrances
Many persons with disabilities urged the Board to increase this scoping so that they have equal access in terms of convenience, entry options, travel distances, and proximity to accessible...
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Receivers
In the belief that standards should be developed to provide guidance in selecting products of sufficient quality and capability, the Board funded a study on assistive listening systems that...
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Visual Alarms
In order to gauge the impact of this requirement, the Board posed several questions that sought comment on: how frequently alarm systems are typically replaced or upgraded in such a manner...
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QUESTION: WHEN A RAIL OPERATOR CONSTRUCTS A NEW STATION PLATFORM OR ALTERS AN EXISTING STATION PLATFORM, DOES 49 CFR PART 37 REQUIRE THE RAIL OPERATOR ENSURE THAT THE PLATFORM IS AT LEAST 8 INCHES ABOVE TOP OF RAIL, EVEN IF THE RAILROAD OPERATOR WILL PROVIDE ACCESSIBILITY CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 37.42?
In addition to this basic facility accessibility requirement, section 37.42 requires a railroad that alters a station platform and does not provide level boarding to ensure that passengers...
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A. Format and Organization
This organization is consistent with the approach used by the Access Board since the issuance of its Americans with Disabilities Act and Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Guidelines...
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12162(a)(2)(A) General rule
(A) General rule Except as otherwise provided in this subsection with respect to individuals who use wheelchairs, it shall be considered discrimination for purposes of section 12132 of...
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Stacks [8.5]
Recommendation: Consider accessible circulation around stacks so that people using wheelchairs need not backup for long distances....
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Rotational Penetrometer
The Rotational Penetrometer, developed by Beneficial Designs, uses a wheelchair caster placed on a spring loaded caliber in a metal tripod frame which suspends the caster about 6 inches...
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1011.4 Picnic Tables
The section also requires at least one wheelchair space to be provided for each 24 linear feet of usable picnic table surface perimeter....
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§382.123(a)
(a) The following rules apply to the stowage of passengers' wheelchairs or other assistive devices in the priority stowage area provided for in §382.67 of this part:...
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1. Accessible toilet
Accessible toilet with rear and side grab bars, clear floor space for wheelchair transfer, and an accessible flush valve....
