However, if a facility is altered, reconstructed, or replaced, it must be brought into compliance with the highest standard of Federal or Forest Service accessibility guidelines in place...
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When is a facility considered accessible?
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Trails and Trailheads [F247.3.1 and F247.5]
Within trailheads and along trails, at least 20 percent, but no less than one, of each type of outdoor constructed feature must comply with the applicable technical requirements for the...
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Trail Facilities
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Trail Terminology
Although this guidebook explains requirements in plain language, some phrases and words are important to understanding how FSTAG is applied. The following terminology isn't organized...
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Beneficial Designs The Universal Trail Assessment Process (UTAP)
, families and people with disabilities track changes in trail conditions over time determine trail compliance with design standards create trail maps, signs and...
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Planning and Designing Outdoor Recreation Facilities for Horses
"Equestrian Design Guidebook for Trails, Trailheads, and Campgrounds," a comprehensive technical resource, details those elements of planning, design, and construction that are specific...
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Appendix 4 – References
Sydney, Australia: Standards Australia International. Australian Standard. (1992)....
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Long-Term Research
Long-Term Research As urgency dictates and funds permit, future anthropometric surveys should be undertaken to: expand the working-adult database created during the pilot...
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Department of Defense Memorandum: Adoption of the ABA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
This memorandum updates DoD standards for making facilities accessible to people with disabilities. DoD is one of four Federal agencies that issue standards under the ABA....
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“Accessible Trail” is a term to avoid
Therefore, a trail that has been constructed in accordance with the FSTAG should be advertised as a “trail that complies with the trail accessibility guidelines”, rather than as an “accessible...
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Setting
Setting—The term used to describe the natural surroundings of a trail or recreation area....
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Accessible Pittsburgh: Accessible Trails
Published on Jun 4, 2015 Updated video on accessible trails in the Pittsburgh area...
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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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Accessibility Standards in Title II Regulations Issued by DOJ
See definition of 1991 Standards in the Definitions of Standards Referenced in this Notice section of this notice. 22. ...
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Accessible Gates for Trails and Roads
Phone: 406–329–4719; fax: 406–329–3719; e-mail: jgroenier@fs.fed.us Accessible Gates for Trails and Roads James "Scott" Groenier, Project Leader The Missoula Technology and Development...
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Gates and Barriers on Trails
If gates or barriers are constructed to control access to trails, include openings wide enough to allow hiker passage....
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II-6.2000 Choice of design standard: UFAS or ADAAG.
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Capabilities, Resources, and Facilities
experience in the area of field data collection, on-line data editing, and data processing. experience with data analysis techniques....
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1017.1 General
This section contains the technical requirements for trails....
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ADA Law, Regulations and Design Standards
It delegates fleshing out those obligations to federal agencies. The agencies issue regulations and design standards....
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Definition [F106.5]
A trail is defined as a pedestrian route developed primarily for outdoor recreational purposes....
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Overview of FSTAG Implementation Process
Use the following four easy steps and the handy process flowchart in the appendix to implement FSTAG on your trail design projects....
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F247.2 Existing Trails
Where the original design, function, or purpose of an existing trail is changed and the altered portion of the trail directly connects to a trailhead or another trail that substantially...
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II-6.2100 General
They can choose either the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS) or the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities (ADAAG), which is the...
