Update on ADA Issues

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Update on ADA Issues

• Brooke Struve, PE
• Design Program Manager
• Federal Highway Administration
• AASHTO Subcommittee on Design
• Annual MeetingJuly 13-17, 2008

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ADA Legal Context

• Rehabilitation Act
• Applies to programs and activities receiving
  Federal financial assistance
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Applies to services, programs, and activities of
  a public entity

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Requirements for Accessibility

• Department of Transportation Regulation
• 49 CFR 37
• ADAAG as incorporated in 36 CFR 1191
• Modifications
• Route location
• Detectable warnings
• Bus loading areas

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Requirements for Accessibility

• Department of Justice Regulation
• 28 CFR 35 36
• ADAAG as incorporated into 28 CFR 36
• Alternate standard UFAS
• DOJ rulemaking (comments due 8-18-08)

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ADA Guidance

• FHWA memoranda
• http//www.fhwa.dot.gov/civilrights/ada_memo_clari
  ficationi.htm
• http//www.fhwa.dot.gov/civilrights/ada_memo_clari
  ficationa.htm
• FHWA Q A links to other resources
• http//www.fhwa.dot.gov/civilrights/ada_qa.htm
• DOJ Title II Technical Assistance Manual
• http//www.ada.gov/taman2.html
• http//www.ada.gov/taman2up.html

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Design Standards

• ADAAG or UFAS
• FHWA recommends ADAAG
• Limited information for public rights-of-way
• Develop agency standards
• Reasonable and consistent

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ADA Design Resources

• Draft Guidelines for Accessible Public
  Rights-of-Way (PROWAG)
  www.access-board.gov/rowdraft.htm
• Designing Sidewalks and Trails
  for Access Parts I and II http//www.fhwa.dot.go
  v/environment/sidewalks/ http//www.fhwa.dot.gov/
  environment/sidewalk2/

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ADA Design Resources

• Special Report
  Accessible Public Rights-of-Way Planning and
  Design for Alterations
  http//www.access-board.gov/PROWAC/alteration
  s/guide.htm

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ADA Design Resources

• Guidelines for Accessible Pedestrian
  Signals Final Report
• Accessible Pedestrian Signals
  A Guide to Best Practice
• http//www.trb.org

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Program Accessibility

• Transition Plan
• Inventory of existing facilities limiting access
• Describe methods to make facilities accessible
• Specify schedule to implement
• Identify responsible official
• Public participation in self-evaluation
• Public inspection of self-evaluation and plan

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Project Accessibility

• New construction and Alterations
• Maintenance
• Technically infeasible/ structurally impractical
• Safety
• Cost
• Construction tolerances

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Accessibility in Work Zones

• MUTCD 6D.02
• StandardWhen existing pedestrian facilities are
  disrupted, closed, or relocated
  in a TTC zone, the temporary facilities shall be
  detectable and include accessibility features
  consistent with the features present in the
  existing pedestrian facility.

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Accessibility in Work Zones

• Continuous, unobstructed route
• Conflicts with traffic
• Conflicts with construction

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Accessibility in Work Zones

• Communicate alternate route to visually impaired

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Accessibility in Work Zones

• Continuous delineation
• Cones, rope, and tape not acceptable

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Accessibility in Work Zones

• Keep pedestrian route clear of construction
  activities

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Accessibility in Work Zones

• Curb ramps

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ADA Questions

• Policy
• Bob Cosgrove, Office of Civil Rights
• Candace Groudine, Office of Civil Rights
• Legal
• Lisa MacPhee, Office of Chief Counsel
• Design
• Brooke Struve, Office of Program Administration