A constructed element provided at an outdoor recreation site such as a picnic table; fire ring; pedestal grill; tent pad; bench; trash, recycling, or other essential container;...
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Outdoor Constructed Feature
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§ 37.3 Commuter rail transportation
Commuter rail transportation means short-haul rail passenger service operating in metropolitan and suburban areas, whether within or across the geographical boundaries of a state,...
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Outdoor Recreation Access Route (ORAR)
A continuous, unobstructed path designed for pedestrian use that connects constructed features in a campground, camping unit, picnic area, at a trailhead or other recreation site...
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Pedestrian Access Points to a Beach
A location developed as an entry point to the beach for pedestrians. Access Points include parking facilities that serve beaches, dune crossings, and stairways or ramps leading from...
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§ 37.3 Demand responsive system
Demand responsive system means any system of transporting individuals, including the provision of designated public transportation service by public entities and the provision of...
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Picnic Facility
A site, or portion of a site, developed for outdoor recreational purposes that contains picnic units.
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§ 37.3 Designated public transportation
Designated public transportation means transportation provided by a public entity (other than public school transportation) by bus, rail, or other conveyance (other than...
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Picnic Unit
An outdoor space within a picnic area or facility that is designed and constructed for picnicking and that contains one or more constructed features such as picnic tables, grills,...
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§ 37.3 Direct Threat
Direct threat means a significant risk to the health or safety of others that cannot be eliminated by a modification of policies, practices, procedures, or by the provision of...
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Pit Toilet
A primitive outhouse consisting of a toilet riser over a hole dug into the ground or receptacle to receive and naturally decompose human waste. Pit toilets are provided primarily...
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§ 37.3 Disability
substantially limits a major life activity only as a result of the attitudes of others toward such an impairment; or (iii) Has none of the impairments defined in paragraph (1) of this definition...
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Practicable
Practicable in this context means the work can be completed within the limits of the applicable Conditions for an Exception and results in a useful improvement for all.
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§ 37.3 Facility
Facility means all or any portion of buildings, structures, sites, complexes, equipment, roads, walks, passageways, parking lots, or other real or personal property, including the...
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Protruding Object
A constructed feature such as a sign that overhangs an ORAR, beach access route, trail, resting interval, or passing space between 27 inches (685 mm) and 80 inches (2030 mm) above...
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§ 37.3 Fixed route system
Fixed route system means a system of transporting individuals (other than by aircraft), including the provision of designated public transportation service by public entities and the...
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Provisions
The sections of accessibility guidelines and standards that explain what is required for specific situations and facilities (parking, picnic tables, trails, etc.)
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§ 37.3 FT Act
FT Act means the Federal Transit Act of 1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. App. 1601 et seq.).
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§ 37.3 High speed rail
High speed rail means a rail service having the characteristics of intercity rail service which operates primarily on a dedicated guideway or track not used, for the most part, by...
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Recreation Site
An area that is improved, developed, or otherwise identified for recreation and that has a development scale of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 (See Forest Service Handbook 2309.13, Chapter 10 –...
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§ 37.3 Individual with a disability
Individual with a disability means a person who has a disability, but does not include an individual who is currently engaging in the illegal use of drugs, when a public or private...
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Reconstruction
This term is not used in Federal accessibility guidelines or the FSORAG and FSTAG, even though it is used frequently by folks who work in recreation and trails. For the purposes of...
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Scoping Requirement
Specifications of where, when, and how much of a constructed features detailed in the accessibility guidelines technical requirements must be met in order to be in compliance with...
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§ 37.3 Intercity rail passenger car
Intercity rail passenger car means a rail car, intended for use by revenue passengers, obtained by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) for use in intercity rail...
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Slope
The incline of a surface.