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Wheelchair Spaces in Tiered Boxes
Comments noted that requiring accessible routes to all boxes would fundamentally affect this type of design and recommended that an exception be made for such venues. Response....
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210 Stairways
The International Building Code and other model building codes provide various exceptions for stairs in assembly areas to permit design features used to accommodate sight lines....
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M101.6 Dimensional Tolerances (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Three commenters (two manufacturers and one medical association) indicated that tolerances vary based on the manufacturer, product design, and manufacturing process and that they are unaware...
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2. Shared Use Paths
They also differ from trails because they are designed not just for recreation purposes but for transportation as well....
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1133B.2.5.2
locking doors that are hand-activated and which are in a path of travel shall be operable by lever-type hardware, panic bars, push-pull activating bars, U-shaped handles or other hardware designed...
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1117B.5.5, Item 4
California's standards for signage are more stringent than Section 4.30 of the ADA Standards for Accessible Design. 1117B.5.5 Raised characters and pictorial symbol signs. ...
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When Ramps Are Required
For example, to reach a 12-inch high deck or platform, a designer could use a 12-foot ramp with the maximum 1:12 slope, or a 14-foot ramp with a less-steep 1:14 slope....
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Ground-Level Play Components
Designers should consider the optimal layout of ground-level play components to foster interaction and socialization among all children....
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2. Shared Use Paths
They also differ from trails because they are designed not just for recreation purposes but for transportation as well....
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3. ADA Coordinators
Every City department with over fifty employees has a designated ADA Coordinator responsible for investigating disability access complaints and serving as a resource for the department on...
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206.2.5 Restaurants and Cafeterias
Examples of "same decor" include, but are not limited to, seating at or near windows and railings with views, areas designed with a certain theme, party and banquet rooms, and rooms where...
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Technical Memorandum TM 2012-01 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Directional and informational signage complying with TAS 216.3 shall designate the location of the accessible charging stations....
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What is slip resistance?
such as its degree of cleanliness, whether It is wet or dry, and even the type or texture it exhibits, it cannot provide sufficiently accurate information about a surface to be used in design...
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Words
Group designations such as "the blind," "the retarded" or "the disabled" are inappropriate because they do not reflect the individuality, equality or dignity of people with disabilities....
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B. PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
DPW's Disability Access Coordinator is responsible for monitoring access issues related to the public right-of-way; reviewing publicly-funded construction projects designed by or contracted...
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Clear Tread Width [1017.3]
The Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access in the School of Architecture and Planning, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York conducted the “Anthropometry...
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5.3.2.2 Transfer Sides Recommendation for Imaging Equipment
Industry agreed the best solution is to have transfer access where feasible within the medical equipment design on both long sides....
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Distinct Viewing Locations [F246.2, 1015.2, and 1015.3]
Distinct viewing locations within a viewing area don’t have to be identified, but may be designated by signs or other markers....
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M301.2.3 Transfer Surface Transfer Sides
Therefore, where feasible within the medical equipment design, the ability to have transfer access from two sides (either two long sides or a long and short side) is desired....
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Continuous Width (R302.3) (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The AASHTO “Guide for the Planning, Design, and Operation of Pedestrian Facilities” recommends that sidewalks be wider than 1.2 meters (4 feet), particularly in urban areas....
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T603.5 Securement Systems for Rear-Facing Wheelchair Positions
shall provide forward excursion barriers and padded head rests that comply with ISO 10865-1:2012(E), Wheelchair containment and occupant retention systems for accessible transport vehicles designed...
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Mariana Figueiro, Ph.D., Program Director, Assistant Professor, The Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Light touches every aspect of our lives Much of the information we gather from the environment is through the retina Architects can incorporate scientific findings into their design...
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OTHER SPECIFIC BARRIERS
remediation to meet the City's program access obligations, and/or its obligations to perform new construction and/or alterations in full compliance with federal and state disability access design...