QUESTION: Are airlines allowed to require all passengers who are both deaf and blind to travel with an attendant? ANSWER: No. Airlines may not have a policy that requires all...
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Are airlines allowed to require all passengers who are both deaf and blind to travel with an attendant?
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5. Fare Handling
A passenger's request for transit personnel (e.g., the driver, station attendant) to handle the fare media when the passenger with a disability cannot pay the fare by the generally...
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7. Medicine
A passenger's request to take medication while aboard a fixed route or paratransit vehicle or in a transit facility should be granted. For example, transit agencies should modify...
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13. Intermediate Stops
The Department views granting a paratransit passenger's request for a driver to make an intermediate stop, where the driver would be required to wait, as optional. For example, a...
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17. Exposing Vehicle to Hazards
If the passenger requests that a vehicle follow a path to a pick up or drop off point that would expose the vehicle and its occupants to hazards, such as running off the road,...
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9. Dedicated vehicles or special equipment in a vehicle
A paratransit passenger's request for special equipment (e.g., the installation of specific hand rails or a front seat in a vehicle for the passenger to avoid nausea or back pain)...
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§ 38.159(d) Securement devices
(d) Securement devices—
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Included Service Certification
Included Service Certification This is to certify that service provided by other entities but included in the ADA paratransit plan submitted by (name of submitting entity(ies))...
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Subpart F—Intercity Rail Cars and Systems
[See subsections ...]
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§ 38.159(d)(1) Design load
(1) Design load. Securement systems, and their attachments to vehicles, shall restrain a force in the forward longitudinal direction of up to 2,000 pounds (8,880 N) per securement...
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17. Exposing Vehicle to Hazards
If the passenger requests that a vehicle follow a path to a pick up or drop off point that would expose the vehicle and its occupants to hazards, such as running off the road,...
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§ 38.159(d)(6) Stowage
(6) Stowage. When not being used for securement, or when the securement area can be used by standees, the securement system shall not interfere with passenger movement, shall not...
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§ 37.9(c)(1)
(1) New construction or alterations of buildings or facilities on which construction has begun, or all approvals for final design have been received, before November 29, 2006, are...
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§ 37.9(c)
(c)
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§ 37.3 High speed rail
High speed rail means a rail service having the characteristics of intercity rail service which operates primarily on a dedicated guideway or track not used, for the most part, by...
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11B-812.6 Vehicle spaces
All vehicle spaces shall be marked to define their width....
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11B-812.6 Vehicle spaces
All vehicle spaces shall be marked to define their width....
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Van Space: Wider Parking Space
Van Space: Wider Parking Space Recommendation: Sizing all accessible spaces (or access aisles) for van accessibility provides greater convenience and helps ensure that van...
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405.2 Slope (Exception 2), 405.6 Rise (Exception)
The floor level of emergency transportable housing units is typically elevated 36 inches above the ground....
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208 Parking Spaces
208 Parking Spaces...
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A Preflight Announcement with Noah Seidel
Noah uses a wheelchair, and unfortunately, some airlines don’t know how to transport mobility devices....
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382.127 What procedures apply to the stowage of battery-powered mobility aids?
DOT’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has issued a special permit which may affect procedures for handling power wheelchairs (see PHMSA “Special Permit 14548...
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Passing Space [§403.5.3]
Passing Space [§403.5.3] Passing space is required every 200 feet and must be provided as a 60” by 60” minimum space or as T-shaped space where each stem is at least 48” long....
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403.5.3 Passing Spaces
403.5.3 Passing Spaces. An accessible route with a clear width less than 60 inches (1525 mm) shall provide passing spaces at intervals of 200 feet (61 m) maximum....