At boarding platforms for buses and rail vehicles, detectable warning surfaces shall extend the full length of the public use areas of the platform....
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Accessible to Persons with Vision Impairments
Conversely, many comments from persons with vision impairments supported the proposed specifications or urged the Board to make them more stringent. Response....
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III-5.4300 Transportation terminals
If, however, all passenger services in a two-story facility - including boarding, debarking, loading and unloading, baggage claim, dining facilities, and other common areas open to the public...
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G.7.i. - Are procurement actions to maintain existing legacy systems (that do not meet the technical provisions of the Access Board's standards) exempt from Section 508?
is acquiring "patches" to fix minor software errors on a system that is not near the end of its life expectancy and software that meets the applicable technical provisions of the Access Board's...
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§382.113 What services are carriers not required to provide to passengers with a disability on board the aircraft?
As a carrier, you are not required to provide extensive special assistance to qualified individuals with a disability. For purposes of this section, extensive special assistance...
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May a transit operator deny boarding to a rider whose wheelchair is difficult to secure?
No. If the transit operator has a policy that requires securement, or if a rider asks that the wheelchair be secured, Section 37.165(f) of the DOT ADA regulations requires...
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May a transit operator deny boarding to a rider whose wheelchair is difficult to secure?
No. If the transit operator has a policy that requires securement, or if a rider asks that the wheelchair be secured, Section 37.165(f) of the DOT ADA regulations requires transit...
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R208 Detectable Warning Surfaces (Section-by-Section Analysis)
platforms at transit stops for buses and rail vehicles where the edges of the boarding platform are not protected by screens or guards; and Boarding and alighting areas at sidewalk...
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QUESTION: WHEN A RAIL OPERATOR CONSTRUCTS A NEW STATION PLATFORM OR ALTERS AN EXISTING STATION PLATFORM, DOES 49 CFR PART 37 REQUIRE THE RAIL OPERATOR ENSURE THAT THE PLATFORM IS AT LEAST 8 INCHES ABOVE TOP OF RAIL, EVEN IF THE RAILROAD OPERATOR WILL PROVIDE ACCESSIBILITY CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 37.42?
Appendix A to Part 37 (see section 801.5.3) provides that low-level platforms in rail stations must be at least 8 inches above top of rail (ATR)....
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Classroom Acoustics
Research indicates that high levels of background noise in classrooms compromises speech intelligibility for many children to such an extent that their reading, communication, and learning...
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Transportation Vehicles: ADA Standard Section 8.
This provides information on the revisions to the ADA Standards regarding transportation vehicles.
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B.3.iv - Who makes the determination that a product meets equivalent facilitation?
The vendor may assert that its product meets or exceeds the level of accessibility required by a particular standard through equivalent facilitation....
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Curb Ramps [§406]
New guidelines the Board is developing for public rights-of-way will further address curb ramps located along public streets and sidewalks, but they are not discussed in this guide....
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Research Projects
The Board sponsors and coordinates research for use in developing accessibility guidelines and providing technical assistance to the public....
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Boating facilities. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Sections 206.2.10, 235.2, and 235.3 of the 2004 ADAAG require a specified number of boat slips and boarding piers at boat launch ramps to be accessible and connected to an accessible route...
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2. Treatment of WCAG 2.0
Consequently, in the 2010 ANPRM, the Board proposed to include most Level A and Level AA WCAG 2.0 Success Criteria....
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ADA Sign Depot Elevator Door Jamb Floor Level Braille Sign - 4" x 4" - Tactile Sign
ADA Elevator Tactile Braille Floor Number Sign ADA compliant non-glare matte finish ADA compliant font and tactile (1/32 inch raised) Star and Numbers ADA...
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General: ADA Standard Section 232.1
Section 232.1 of the ADA Standards covers information in the current ADA Standards on scoping requirements for detention facilities and correctional facilities.
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A. Accessibility standards to apply to websites of covered titles II and III entities
Level AAA, which is the maximum level of access, contains criteria that may be less feasible for Web content developers....
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5. Transportation Vehicles
The Access Board issued an advance notice for public commend on an update of guidelines for rail cars on February 14, 2020. ...
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E.2. - Where an agency uses a best value "trade-off" source selection process, may it trade off applicable technical provisions of the Access Board’s standards where an offer provides strong technical merit, strong past performance, or a lower price?
The Access Board’s technical provisions are mandatory requirements that must be met (directly or through equivalent facilitation) unless (a) the product or service (if it is a commercial...
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2. Passenger Vessels
In June of 2013, the Board released for public comment proposed guidelines for access to ferries, cruise ships, excursion boats, and other passenger vessels under the ADA....
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Accessible Routes
Accessible route requirements in ADAAG address width (minimum of 36 inches), passing space, head room, surface, slope (maximum of 1:12 or 8.33%), changes in level, doors, egress, and areas...
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§ 37.42(d)(1)
(1) If the railroad operator not using level-entry boarding chooses a means of meeting the performance standard other than using car-borne lifts, it must perform a comparison of the costs...
