certain building codes that require higher thresholds, or balconies or decks lower than the 3/4 inch specified by the Guidelines, the Department notes that the Guidelines are "recommended" design...
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Thresholds at Exterior Doors/Thresholds to Balconies or Decks
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Conflict with Local Accessibility Codes
The answer to the commenter's question is that a nonelevator building with an accessible entrance on an accessible route is required to have the ground floor units designed and constructed...
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Alterations and Additions
In almost all situations, accessible design can be used without significantly impairing the historic features of the facility....
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Inaccessible Town Program
directions to the nearest accessible entrance Towns making modifications to a building or facility to provide program accessibility must comply with the ADA Standards for Accessible Design...
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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?
ANSWER: Public entities, such as Amtrak and commuter operators, must construct a new facility for use in designated public transportation so that it is readily accessible to and...
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§35.130 General prohibitions against discrimination (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Also, any examination specially designed for individuals with disabilities must be offered as often and in as timely a manner as are other examinations....
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Section 36.406(g) Medical Care Facilities (Section-by-Section Analysis)
While the Access Board did not establish specific design requirements for dispersion in the 2004 ADAAG, in response to extensive comments in support of dispersion it added an advisory note...
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Education's Intent To Revise its Section 504 Regulations To Adopt the 2010 Title II ADA Standards
Directors and General Counsels, titled “Permitting Entities Covered by the Federally Assisted Provisions of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act to Use the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design...
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Stabilized Engineered Wood Fiber for Accessible Playground Surfaces
Inc. and Beneficial Designs, Inc. (Minden, Nevada), provided the apparatus for the impact test and the rotational penetrometer, as well as training in their use. Thanks to Zeager Bros....
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Resting Intervals on Trails
Design Tip The cross slope requirement depends on what material is used....
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Standard Stall
Where floor drains are provided, they should be located or otherwise designed (trench drains) so that the floor surface in accessible stalls is level since slopes greater than 2% and drain...
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Test Procedures
This test was performed one week after surface installation and each month thereafter using the Beneficial Designs’ rotational penetrometer and protocol for assessing the bearing/rotational...
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Speech To Text Translation Services
They use a regular laptop and software that is designed to minimize key strokes. Fewer words are produced while all general meaning is conveyed....
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DOT Memorandum: INFORMATION: Snow Removal on Sidewalks Constructed with Federal Funding
For more information see section 4.3.1, Surface Repairs, Snow Removal, and Vegetation in the AASHTO Guide for the Planning, Design, and Operation of Pedestrian Facilities (July 2004)....
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Recommendations for Future Research
In order to compare results between studies, a standard test course design which incorporates both 90 and 180 degree turns would have to be agreed to by all researchers working in this area...
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D. Election Day Compliance Review
Harris County will designate County personnel (or contractors) as EDSs to review compliance at the polling place locations where temporary measures are to be implemented on Election Day....
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Introduction
Architects, exhibit designers and visitor studies professionals think carefully about wayfinding and orientation when conceiving layouts for museums and other public entertainment venues...
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Nonmotorized Kick Scooters
the first and second half of 2000, from 2,820 to 37,750.(11) Operational characteristics for nonmotorized scooters depend on many factors, including the abilities of the user and the design...
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Inline Skates
Inline roller skates were first developed in the 18th century, preceding the quad skate design invented in the late 19th century; however, the technology then available, quad skates offered...
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Components (M303.4)
See Laura Peebles and Beverley Norris, Adultdata: The Handbook of Adult Anthropometric and Strength Measurements: Data for Design Safety (London, Department of Trade and Industry, 1998),...
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Section 35.151(h) Medical care facilities (Section-by-Section Analysis)
While the Access Board did not establish specific design requirements for dispersion in the 2004 ADAAG, in response to extensive comments in support of dispersion it added an advisory note...
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11B-1003.2.1 Boat slips
Another design solution would be to have two 40 foot (12 m) plus continuous gangways joined together at a float, where the float (as the water level falls) will stop dropping at an elevation...
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11B-504.4.1 Contrasting stripe
Some designers propose to provide a group of tooled grooves in lieu of the contrasting color....
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Bradley Square Multipurpose Basin HS-TS1
ADA and ANSI complaint Clean, contemporary lines Flat bottom design maximizes basin capacity for multipurpose use Basin constructed of vandal-resistant Terreon Solid Surface Material...
