Objectives of, and legal basis for, proposed accessibility guidelines The Access Board is required to issue accessibility guidelines by the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C....
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Objectives of, and legal basis for, proposed accessibility guidelines
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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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1018.6 Openings
This section requires openings in the surface of beach access routes and resting intervals such as spaces between boards to not allow passage of a sphere more than 1/2 inch in diameter....
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Can a more recent edition of the ASME A17.1 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators (or the ASME A18.1 Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts) be used instead of the editions referenced in the Standards?
The specific editions of the ASME A17.1 and ASME A18.1 codes referenced by the ADA Standards are to be followed (although the Access Board intends to update references to keep them current...
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ADA Accessibility Standards
Both DOJ’s and DOT’s ADA Standards are based on minimum accessibility guidelines adopted by the Access Board in 2004, known as the ADA Accessibility Guidelines....
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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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Organization and Format
The Board has revised the format and structure of the guidelines in response to these comments. The final rule includes a subject index to facilitate use of the document....
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Paragraph (c) Access to moving text (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Board agrees that automatic messages could be a problem and that one may not be able to communicate with the sender until the message has gone by....
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Route and Destination Signs
The Board has corrected this exception so that characters are not required to be more than 3 inches high where sign space is limited....
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M101.3 Existing Diagnostic Equipment (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Access Board’s mandate was to establish only the minimum technical criteria, however enforcing authorities may establish scoping requirements in the future....
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QUESTION: DO THE PROVISIONS OF PART 39 APPLY TO PVOs WHOSE VESSELS PICK UP OR DISCHARGE PASSENGERS AT U.S. PORTS, OR ONLY TO PVOs WHOSE VESSELS PICK UP PASSENGERS AT U.S. PORTS?
Consequently, given the present rule text, a passenger who boards a vessel at a U.S. port and disembarks at a foreign port is covered by the protections of the rule, but a passenger who...
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Rollability and Smoothness of Walking Surfaces
The Access Board is sponsoring preliminary research that will produce a plan for a test protocol and instrumentation to measure the rollability and smoothness of walking surfaces and to...
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B.3.iii. - What is the difference between "equivalent facilitation" and "alternative means of access"?
Equivalent facilitation focuses on whether an EIT product provides access that is equal to or greater than that required in the technical provisions in Subpart B of the Access Board’s standards...
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T201 General
Implementation and enforcement of the 2016 Non-Rail Vehicle Guidelines is within the sole authority of DOT, not the Access Board....
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PART 1190 –ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES FOR PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Access Board proposes to add part 1190 to title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations to read as follows: PART 1190 –ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES...
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Key Differences Between Routes
—1:48 (2%) All other surfaces when necessary for drainage —1:20 (5%) 1:20 (5%) 1:12 (8.33%) 200 feet Concrete, asphalt, boards—1:48 (2%) All...
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§382.3 Facility
., structures, roads, walks, parking lots, ticketing areas, baggage drop-off and retrieval sites, gates, other boarding locations, loading bridges) normally used by passengers or other members...
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§382.85(b)
(b) On flights where advance seat assignments are not offered, you must provide seating accommodations under this section by allowing passengers to board the aircraft before other passengers...
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Information and Directional Signs
In the final rule, the Board has removed "permanent" as a descriptor of the type of rooms and facilities covered in this provision....
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Analysis of Transfer Surface Dimensions Based on Wheeled Mobility User Anthropometry
Access Board RE: Analysis of Transfer Surface Dimensions Based on Wheeled Mobility User Anthropometry...
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15. In § 38.95, amend the first sentence of paragraph (a)(2)
In § 38.95, amend the first sentence of paragraph (a)(2) by adding the words “level-entry boarding,” before the words ” portable or platform lifts” and by revising the second sentence to...
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1017.6 Openings
This section requires openings in the surface of trails, passing spaces, and resting intervals such as spaces between the boards in a boardwalk to not allow passage of a sphere more than...
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Lift
A lift conforming to Access Board requirements is 30"x48" and capable of lifting a wheelchair/occupant combination of up to 600 pounds....
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Lines of Sight for Wheelchair Spaces
In the final rule, the Board has added exceptions to the requirement for horizontal dispersion....