ANSWER: There may be some situations where level boarding is not physically feasible (e.g., where the curvature of the track is too great to make level boarding workable)....
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QUESTION: WHERE THE TRACK ADJACENT TO A PLATFORM IS NOT SHARED WITH FREIGHT, ARE THERE ANY CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH AN APPROACH OTHER THAN LEVEL BOARDING IS ALLOWABLE?
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T202 Accessible Means of Boarding and Alighting
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Public Address System
In the proposed rule, the Board sought information for its use in future rule making to update the Board’s transportation vehicle guidelines....
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Wooster Products Flex-Tred Anti-Slip Tape
Flex-Tred Applications Recreational Vehicles (campers, motorhomes, trailer), Exercise Equipment, Lawn and Garden Equipment, Lift Trucks, Ladders, Trucks, Construction Equipment, Farm...
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H.6 - Do Federal agency software or web development tools have to meet the Access Board's standards?
Software applications, such as web development tools, are considered EIT and therefore covered by the Access Board's standards, unless an exception applies....
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T704.3.2 Automated Route Identification Announcements
Automated route identification systems shall audibly and visibly identify the fixed route on which the non-rail vehicle is operating....
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12143(c)(1)(C)
to the one individual described in subparagraph (a), accompanying the individual with a disability provided that space for these additional individuals are available on the paratransit vehicle...
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T215.2.4 Destination and Route Signs
Where destination or route signs are provided on the exterior of non-rail vehicles, such signs shall be located at a minimum on the front and boarding sides of the vehicle....
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C.3.i. - Does Section 508 require contractors to manufacture EIT that meets the applicable Access Board’s technical provisions?
Section 508 requires the government to purchase EIT that meets the applicable technical provisions of the Access Board’s standards, with certain exceptions....
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12143(c)(1)(A)(ii)
(ii) to any individual with a disability who needs the assistance of a wheelchair lift or other boarding assistance device (and is able with such assistance) to board, ride, and disembark...
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§ 37.123(e)(2)
(2) Any individual with a disability who needs the assistance of a wheelchair lift or other boarding assistance device and is able, with such assistance, to board, ride and disembark from...
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3.1.3 Slope of Vehicle Parking Spurs
The slope of parking spurs shall comply with applicable provisions of section 3.1.3.
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Subpart H—Other Vehicles and Systems
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§ 38.179 Trams, and similar vehicles, and systems
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Mid-Ohio Board for IL Environment, Inc. (MOBILE) - Columbus, OH
In 1980, The Mid-Ohio Board for an Independent Living Environment (MOBILE) “Disability Resource Center” was established by a group of disabled independent living advocates as a Center for...
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§ 37.3 Light rail
Light rail means a streetcar-type vehicle operated on city streets, semi-exclusive rights of way, or exclusive rights of way....
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F.1. - Under what circumstances may an agency conclude that no EIT is available that meets the Access Board’s technical provisions?
An agency may conclude that EIT meeting the applicable technical provisions of the Access Board’s standards is not available (and purchase EIT that does not meet those provisions) when it...
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§ 38.71(c)
(c) If portions of the vehicle are modified in a way that affects or could affect accessibility, each such portion shall comply, to the extent practicable, with the applicable provisions...
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§ 38.171(b)
(b) If portions of the vehicle or conveyance are modified in a way that affects or could affect accessibility, each such portion shall comply, to the extent practicable, with the applicable...
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Summary of Significant Changes
The 2016 Non-Rail Vehicle Guidelines are intended to revise and update the Access Board’s existing guidelines that provide scoping and technical requirements to ensure that ADA-covered buses...
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Largely in response to comments, the Board made numerous changes from its proposal, including the following: (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Largely in response to comments, the Board made numerous changes from its proposal, including the following:...
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§ 37.123(e)(2)(i)
(i) An individual is eligible under this paragraph with respect to travel on an otherwise accessible route on which the boarding or disembarking location which the individual would use is...
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§ 38.77(b)
(b) At entrances equipped with steps, handrails and stanchions shall be provided in the entrance to the vehicle in a configuration which allows passengers to grasp such assists from outside...
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G.8. - Does acquiring maintenance or support services for an existing system trigger the requirement for the existing system to meet the Access Board's technical provisions?
New maintenance and support contracts on legacy systems do not require the previously owned EIT to meet the technical provisions of Subparts B or C of the Access Board's standards....
