This eligibility category includes people who cannot board, ride, or disembark from an accessible vehicle “without the assistance of another individual.”...
Search Results "Vehicle Boarding"
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Category 1 Eligibility
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Clear Width of Circulation Paths and Maneuvering Clearances at Wheelchair Spaces
In the 2010 NPRM, the Access Board proposed specific minimum dimensions for the clear width of circulation paths within non-rail vehicles, as well as maneuvering clearances at wheelchair...
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T208.1 General
Non-rail vehicles shall provide passenger access routes that permit boarding and alighting, onboard circulation, and seating by passengers with disabilities....
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§ 38.85 Between-car barriers
Where vehicles operate in a high-platform, level-boarding mode, devices or systems shall be provided to prevent, deter or warn individuals from inadvertently stepping off the platform...
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R208 Detectable Warning Surfaces (Section-by-Section Analysis)
ramps and blended transitions at pedestrian street crossings; Pedestrian refuge islands; Pedestrian at-grade rail crossings not located within a street or highway; Boarding...
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Wheelchair
The definition of "common wheelchair,'' developed by the Access Board, is intended to help transit providers determine which wheelchairs they have to carry....
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§ 38.37(a)
(a) Where passengers may board or alight at multiple stops at their option, vehicles in excess of 22 feet in length shall provide controls adjacent to the securement location for requesting...
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§ 38.91(d)
(d) Existing vehicles retrofitted to comply with the “one-car-per-train rule” at §37.93 of this title shall comply with §§38.93(e), 38.95(a) and 38.107 of this part and shall have, in new...
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Platform Edges
This material extends beyond the normal vehicle envelope....
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H.4.ii. - If an instructor uses slides from presentation software, such as Microsoft PowerPoint or Corel Presentations, which are projected to a live class, do the Access Board standards apply?
However, if the slides contain embedded multimedia elements, such as videos, then the Access Board standards apply to this live presentation....
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§ 38.71(b)(1)
(1) Vehicles intended to be operated solely in light rail systems confined entirely to a dedicated right-of-way, and for which all stations or stops are designed and constructed for revenue...
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§ 38.109 Between-car barriers
Where vehicles operate in a high-platform, level-boarding mode, and where between-car bellows are not provided, devices or systems shall be provided to prevent, deter or warn individuals...
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QUESTION: IF A PLATFORM IS OWNED BY A PRIVATE ENTITY OTHER THAN THE PASSENGER RAILROAD, WHAT HAPPENS IF THE PRIVATE ENTITY OBJECTS TO THE CREATION OF A LEVEL BOARDING PLATFORM?
through the station and adjacent to the platform is shared with existing freight rail operations, the passenger railroad must comply with the performance standard by providing level-entry boarding...
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E.6.i. - Will there be a web site providing information on how manufacturers have addressed the Access Board’s technical provisions?
The site will consist of information offered by vendors describing how their offerings meet the technical provisions of the Access Board’s standards....
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U.S. Access Board - Supervisory Technical Services Officer
Access Board seeks a Supervisory Technical Services Officer (GS 15) to serve in its Office of Technical and Information Services. Applications are due by February 25, 2022....
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16. Opening Building Doors
For paratransit services, a passenger's request for the driver to open an exterior entry door to a building to provide boarding and/or alighting assistance to a passenger with a disability...
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C.7.i. - Must Portable Document Format (PDF) files that are displayed on a Federal website meet the Access Board's standards?
Thus, the agency has two options when addressing PDF content and the Access Board's standards....
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Are accessible parking spaces required on a site where valet service is provided but vehicles are parked off site, such as in a public parking garage or on public streets?
If a parking garage does not provide valet parking, or if valet parking service is provided off site by a different entity that parks vehicles in the garage, an accessible passenger loading...
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Do I still get priority stowage for my folding wheelchair if the pilot happens to have his personal belongings in that space when I pre-board?
in the cabin for my personal folding wheelchair, do I still get priority stowage for my folding wheelchair if the pilot happens to have his personal belongings in that space when I pre-board...
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Impact Recovery Systems Parking Bollard Sign Post
Our accessible parking bollard prevents sign post damage while providing a conspicuous bollard that prevents vehicle access....
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Automated Announcement Systems
For route announcements, the automated messages must be audible at boarding and alighting areas and the visible component must include signs on the front and boarding sides of buses....
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Comments
For example, if a lift could carry an 800-pound wheelchair, and there was room on the vehicle for the wheelchair, the provider would have to permit the device onto the vehicle....
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Station Names: ADA Standard Section 810.6.3
Signs shall be clearly visible and within the sight lines of standing and sitting passengers from within the vehicle on both sides when not obstructed by another vehicle....
