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36 CFR Part 1191
RIN 3014–AA20
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings
and Facilities; Architectural Barriers
Act (ABA) Accessibility Guidelines;
Supplementary Material
Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance
Board.
ACTION: Final rule; supplementary
material.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance
Board (Access Board) revised its
accessibility guidelines for the
construction and alteration of buildings
and facilities covered by the Americans
with Disabilities Act and the
Architectural Barriers Act in 2004. The
Department of Transportation, General
Services Administration, and United
States Postal Service have adopted by
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The
Architectural and Transportation
Barriers Compliance Board (Access
Board) is responsible for establishing
and maintaining guidelines to ensure
that the construction and alteration of
buildings and facilities covered by the
Americans with Disabilities Act and the
Architectural Barriers Act are accessible
to individuals with disabilities. Other
agencies are responsible for adopting
the guidelines as regulatory standards.
The agencies may modify the guidelines
when adopting them as regulatory
standards, provided the modifications
are consistent with the guidelines.
The Access Board revised its
accessibility guidelines for the
construction and alteration of buildings
and facilities covered by the Americans
with Disabilities Act and the
Architectural Barriers Act in 2004. 69
FR 44084, July 23, 2004. The Access
Board published correcting amendments
to the revised guidelines in 2005. 70 FR
45308, August 5, 2005. The revised
guidelines and correcting amendments
are codified in the July 1, 2006 edition
of the Code of Federal Regulations (36
CFR part 1191) and consist of five
appendices:
Appendix A—Table of Contents.
Appendix B—Americans with
Disabilities Act: Scoping (ADA
Chapters 1and 2).
Appendix C—Architectural Barriers
Act: Scoping (ABA Chapter 1 and 2).
Appendix D—Technical (Chapter 3
through 10).
Appendix E—List of Figures and Index.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Editorial Note: This document was
received at the Office of the Federal Register,
National Archives and Records
Administration, Washington, DC, on March
15, 2007.
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reference the revised guidelines as
regulatory standards. The Department of
Transportation has modified four
sections of the revised guidelines that
affect entities required to comply with
the Department of Transportation’s
regulatory standards. This document
adds notes to provide supplementary
material on the agencies that have
adopted the revised guidelines as
regulatory standards. This document
also adds a new appendix that reprints
the modified sections of the revised
guidelines adopted by the Department
of Transportation for entities required to
comply with the Department of
Transportation’s regulatory standards.
DATES: Effective March 23, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Raggio, Office of General Counsel,
Architectural and Transportation
Barriers Compliance Board, 1331 F
Street, NW., Suite 1000, Washington,
DC 20004–1111. Telephone numbers:
(202) 272–0040 (voice); 202 272–0082
(TTY). E-mail address: raggio@accessboard.gov.
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As discussed below, three agencies
have adopted by reference the revised
guidelines as regulatory standards. The
Access Board is adding notes to
paragraphs (a) and (b) of § 1191.1 to
provide readers supplementary material
on the agencies that have adopted the
revised guidelines as regulatory
standards.
The Department of Transportation has
amended its regulations implementing
the Americans with Disabilities Act, and
has adopted by reference Appendices B
and D to this part as the regulatory
standards for the construction and
alteration of transportation facilities
subject to its regulations, effective
November 29, 2006. 49 CFR 37.9 and
Appendix A to 49 CFR part 37, as
amended at 71 FR 63263, October 30,
2006; and corrected at 72 FR 11089,
March 12, 2007. The Department of
Transportation has modified section
206.3 in Appendix B to this part; and
sections 406, 810.2.2, and 810.5.3 in
Appendix D to this part. The Access
Board is adding a new Appendix F to
this part that reprints the modified
sections adopted by the Department of
Transportation as a convenience for
readers. Entities that are required to
comply with the Department of
Transportation’s regulatory standards,
must comply with the modified sections
adopted by the Department of
Transportation. The Department of
Transportation has provided
supplemental material on the modified
sections in Appendix D to 49 CFR part
37.
The General Services Administration
has published regulations implementing
the Architectural Barriers Act, and has
adopted by reference Appendices C and
D to this part as the regulatory standards
for buildings and facilities subject to its
regulations. 41 CFR 102–76.65, as added
at 70 FR 67786, November 8, 2005;
amended at 71 FR 52498, September 6,
2006; and further amended at 72 FR
5942, February 8, 2007. The General
Services Administration refers to its
regulatory standards as the
Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility
Standard (ABAAS). ABAAS applies to
the construction and alteration of
facilities commenced after May 8, 2006;
to leases awarded for lease construction
buildings on or after June 30, 2006; and
to all other leases awarded pursuant to
solicitations issued after February 6,
2007. The General Services
Administration has also revised its
Facilities Standards for the Public
Building Service PBS—P100 (March
2005), and has adopted ABAAS as a
mandatory standard for the construction
and alteration of General Services
Administration owned buildings and
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lease construction with government
option to purchase buildings. Section
3.5 of the Facilities Standards for the
Public Building Service PBS—P100
(March 2005) establishes an additional
requirement that at least one automatic
or power-assisted door complying with
section 404.3 of ABAAS be provided at
each accessible entrance required by
section F206.4.1 of ABAAS. The
Facilities Standards for the Public
Building Service PBS—P100 (March
2005) is available on the Internet at:
https://www.gsa.gov/P100.
The United States Postal Service has
published regulations implementing the
Architectural Barriers Act, and has
adopted by reference Appendices C and
D to this part, with the exception of the
advisory notes, as the regulatory
standards for its postal facilities,
effective October 1, 2005. 39 CFR 254.1,
as added at 70 FR 28213, May 17, 2005.
List of Subjects in 36 CFR Part 1191
Buildings and facilities, Civil rights,
Incorporation by reference, Individuals
with disabilities, Transportation.
Tricia Mason,
Chair, Architectural and Transportation
Barriers Compliance Board.
Accordingly, for the reasons set forth
in the preamble 36 CFR part 1191 is
amended as follows:
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PART 1191—AMERICANS WITH
DISABILITIES ACT (ADA)
ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES FOR
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES;
ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS ACT
(ABA) ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES
1. The authority citation for 36 CFR
part 1191 continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 29 U.S.C. 792(b)(3); 42 U.S.C.
12204.
2. In § 1191.1, add Note 1 to paragraph
(a) to read as follows:
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Note 1 to paragraph (a): 1. The Department
of Transportation has adopted by reference
Appendices B and D to this part with
modifications as the regulatory standards for
the construction and alteration of
transportation facilities subject to its
regulations under the Americans with
Disabilities Act, effective November 29, 2006.
49 CFR 37.9 and Appendix A to 49 CFR part
37, as amended at 71 FR 63263, October 30,
2006; and corrected at 72 FR 11089, March
12, 2007. The Department of Transportation
has modified section 206.3 in Appendix B to
this part; and sections 406, 810.2.2, and
810.5.3 in Appendix D to this part. The
modified sections adopted by the Department
of Transportation are reprinted in Appendix
F to this part. Entities that are required to
comply with the Department of
Transportation’s regulatory standards, must
comply with the modified sections adopted
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by the Department of Transportation that are
reprinted in Appendix F to this part.
information on the modified sections in
Appendix D to 49 CFR part 37.
3. In § 1191.1, add Notes 1 and 2 to
paragraph (b) to read as follows:
Modification to 206.3 of Appendix B
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Note 1 to paragraph (b): 1. The General
Services Administration has adopted by
reference Appendices C and D to this part as
the regulatory standards for buildings and
facilities subject to its regulations under the
Architectural Barriers Act. 41 CFR 102–
76.65, as added at 70 FR 67786, November
8, 2005; amended at 71 FR 52498, September
6, 2006; and further amended at 72 FR 5942,
February 8, 2007. The General Services
Administration refers to its regulatory
standards as the Architectural Barriers Act
Accessibility Standard (ABAAS). ABAAS
applies to the construction and alteration of
facilities commenced after May 8, 2006; to
leases awarded for lease construction
buildings on or after June 30, 2006; and to
all other leases awarded pursuant to
solicitations issued after February 6, 2007.
Section 3.5 of the Facilities Standards for the
Public Building Service PBS—P100 (March
2005) [available on the Internet at: https://
www.gsa.gov/P100] establishes an additional
requirement for General Services
Administration owned buildings and lease
construction with government option to
purchase buildings to provide at least one
automatic or power-assisted door complying
with section 404.3 of ABAAS at each new or
altered accessible entrance required by
section F206.4.1 of ABAAS.
Note 2 to paragraph (b). 2. The United
States Postal Service has adopted by
reference Appendices C and D to this part,
with the exception of the advisory notes, as
the regulatory standards for its postal
facilities subject to the Architectural Barriers
Act, effective October 1, 2005. 39 CFR 254.1,
as added at 70 FR 28213, May 17, 2005.
4. Add a new Appendix F to this part
to read as follows:
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Appendix F to Part 1191—
Modifications Adopted by the
Department of Transportation
The Department of Transportation has
adopted by reference Appendices B and D to
this part with modifications as the regulatory
standards for the construction and alteration
of transportation facilities subject to its
regulations under the Americans with
Disabilities Act, effective November 29, 2006.
49 CFR 37.9 and Appendix A to 49 CFR part
37, as amended at 71 FR 63263, October 30,
2006; and corrected at 72 FR 11089, March
12, 2007. The Department of Transportation
has modified section 206.3 in Appendix B to
this part; and sections 406, 810.2.2, and
810.5.3 in Appendix D to this part. The
modified sections adopted by the Department
of Transportation are reprinted in this
appendix. Entities that are required to
comply with the Department of
Transportation’s regulatory standards, must
comply with modified sections adopted by
the Department of Transportation that are
reprinted in this appendix. The Department
of Transportation has provided supplemental
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206.3 Location. Accessible routes shall
coincide with, or be located in the same area
as general circulation paths. Where
circulation paths are interior, required
accessible routes shall also be interior.
Elements such as ramps, elevators, or other
circulation devices, fare vending or other
ticketing areas, and fare collection areas shall
be placed to minimize the distance which
wheelchair users and other persons who
cannot negotiate steps may have to travel
compared to the general public.
Modification to 406 of Appendix D
406.8 Detectable Warnings. A curb ramp
shall have a detectable warning complying
with 705. The detectable warning shall
extend the full width of the curb ramp
(exclusive of flared sides) and shall extend
either the full depth of the curb ramp or 24
inches (610 mm) deep minimum measured
from the back of the curb on the ramp
surface.
Modification to 810.2.2 of Appendix D
810.2.2 Dimensions. Bus boarding and
alighting areas shall provide a clear length of
96 inches (2440 mm), measured
perpendicular to the curb or vehicle roadway
edge, and a clear width of 60 inches (1525
mm), measured parallel to the vehicle
roadway. Public entities shall ensure that the
construction of bus boarding and alighting
areas comply with 810.2.2, to the extent the
construction specifications are within their
control.
Modification to 810.5.3 of Appendix D
810.5.3 Platform and Vehicle Floor
Coordination. Station platforms shall be
positioned to coordinate with vehicles in
accordance with the applicable requirements
of 36 CFR part 1192. Low-level platforms
shall be 8 inches (205 mm) minimum above
top of rail. In light rail, commuter rail, and
intercity rail systems where it is not
operationally or structurally feasible to meet
the horizontal gap or vertical difference
requirements of part 1192 or 49 CFR part 38,
mini-high platforms, car-borne or platformmounted lifts, ramps or bridge plates or
similarly manually deployed devices,
meeting the requirements of 49 CFR part 38,
shall suffice.
Exception: Where vehicles are boarded
from sidewalks or street-level, low-level
platforms shall be permitted to be less than
8 inches (205 mm).
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ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD
36 CFR Part 1191
RIN 3014-AA20
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Accessibility Guidelines
for Buildings and Facilities; Architectural Barriers Act (ABA)
Accessibility Guidelines; Supplementary Material
AGENCY: Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board.
ACTION: Final rule; supplementary material.
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SUMMARY: The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
(Access Board) revised its accessibility guidelines for the
construction and alteration of buildings and facilities covered by the
Americans with Disabilities Act and the Architectural Barriers Act in
2004. The Department of Transportation, General Services
Administration, and United States Postal Service have adopted by
reference the revised guidelines as regulatory standards. The
Department of Transportation has modified four sections of the revised
guidelines that affect entities required to comply with the Department
of Transportation's regulatory standards. This document adds notes to
provide supplementary material on the agencies that have adopted the
revised guidelines as regulatory standards. This document also adds a
new appendix that reprints the modified sections of the revised
guidelines adopted by the Department of Transportation for entities
required to comply with the Department of Transportation's regulatory
standards.
DATES: Effective March 23, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Raggio, Office of General
Counsel, Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board,
1331 F Street, NW., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004-1111. Telephone
numbers: (202) 272-0040 (voice); 202 272-0082 (TTY). E-mail address:
raggio@access-board.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Architectural and Transportation
Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) is responsible for
establishing and maintaining guidelines to ensure that the construction
and alteration of buildings and facilities covered by the Americans
with Disabilities Act and the Architectural Barriers Act are accessible
to individuals with disabilities. Other agencies are responsible for
adopting the guidelines as regulatory standards. The agencies may
modify the guidelines when adopting them as regulatory standards,
provided the modifications are consistent with the guidelines.
The Access Board revised its accessibility guidelines for the
construction and alteration of buildings and facilities covered by the
Americans with Disabilities Act and the Architectural Barriers Act in
2004. 69 FR 44084, July 23, 2004. The Access Board published correcting
amendments to the revised guidelines in 2005. 70 FR 45308, August 5,
2005. The revised guidelines and correcting amendments are codified in
the July 1, 2006 edition of the Code of Federal Regulations (36 CFR
part 1191) and consist of five appendices:
Appendix A--Table of Contents.
Appendix B--Americans with Disabilities Act: Scoping (ADA Chapters 1and
2).
Appendix C--Architectural Barriers Act: Scoping (ABA Chapter 1 and 2).
Appendix D--Technical (Chapter 3 through 10).
Appendix E--List of Figures and Index.
As discussed below, three agencies have adopted by reference the
revised guidelines as regulatory standards. The Access Board is adding
notes to paragraphs (a) and (b) of Sec. 1191.1 to provide readers
supplementary material on the agencies that have adopted the revised
guidelines as regulatory standards.
The Department of Transportation has amended its regulations
implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act, and has adopted by
reference Appendices B and D to this part as the regulatory standards
for the construction and alteration of transportation facilities
subject to its regulations, effective November 29, 2006. 49 CFR 37.9
and Appendix A to 49 CFR part 37, as amended at 71 FR 63263, October
30, 2006; and corrected at 72 FR 11089, March 12, 2007. The Department
of Transportation has modified section 206.3 in Appendix B to this
part; and sections 406, 810.2.2, and 810.5.3 in Appendix D to this
part. The Access Board is adding a new Appendix F to this part that
reprints the modified sections adopted by the Department of
Transportation as a convenience for readers. Entities that are required
to comply with the Department of Transportation's regulatory standards,
must comply with the modified sections adopted by the Department of
Transportation. The Department of Transportation has provided
supplemental material on the modified sections in Appendix D to 49 CFR
part 37.
The General Services Administration has published regulations
implementing the Architectural Barriers Act, and has adopted by
reference Appendices C and D to this part as the regulatory standards
for buildings and facilities subject to its regulations. 41 CFR 102-
76.65, as added at 70 FR 67786, November 8, 2005; amended at 71 FR
52498, September 6, 2006; and further amended at 72 FR 5942, February
8, 2007. The General Services Administration refers to its regulatory
standards as the Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standard
(ABAAS). ABAAS applies to the construction and alteration of facilities
commenced after May 8, 2006; to leases awarded for lease construction
buildings on or after June 30, 2006; and to all other leases awarded
pursuant to solicitations issued after February 6, 2007. The General
Services Administration has also revised its Facilities Standards for
the Public Building Service PBS--P100 (March 2005), and has adopted
ABAAS as a mandatory standard for the construction and alteration of
General Services Administration owned buildings and
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lease construction with government option to purchase buildings.
Section 3.5 of the Facilities Standards for the Public Building Service
PBS--P100 (March 2005) establishes an additional requirement that at
least one automatic or power-assisted door complying with section 404.3
of ABAAS be provided at each accessible entrance required by section
F206.4.1 of ABAAS. The Facilities Standards for the Public Building
Service PBS--P100 (March 2005) is available on the Internet at: https://
www.gsa.gov/P100.
The United States Postal Service has published regulations
implementing the Architectural Barriers Act, and has adopted by
reference Appendices C and D to this part, with the exception of the
advisory notes, as the regulatory standards for its postal facilities,
effective October 1, 2005. 39 CFR 254.1, as added at 70 FR 28213, May
17, 2005.
List of Subjects in 36 CFR Part 1191
Buildings and facilities, Civil rights, Incorporation by reference,
Individuals with disabilities, Transportation.
Tricia Mason,
Chair, Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board.
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Accordingly, for the reasons set forth in the preamble 36 CFR part 1191
is amended as follows:
PART 1191--AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) ACCESSIBILITY
GUIDELINES FOR BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES; ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS ACT
(ABA) ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES
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1. The authority citation for 36 CFR part 1191 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 792(b)(3); 42 U.S.C. 12204.
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2. In Sec. 1191.1, add Note 1 to paragraph (a) to read as follows:
Note 1 to paragraph (a): 1. The Department of Transportation has
adopted by reference Appendices B and D to this part with
modifications as the regulatory standards for the construction and
alteration of transportation facilities subject to its regulations
under the Americans with Disabilities Act, effective November 29,
2006. 49 CFR 37.9 and Appendix A to 49 CFR part 37, as amended at 71
FR 63263, October 30, 2006; and corrected at 72 FR 11089, March 12,
2007. The Department of Transportation has modified section 206.3 in
Appendix B to this part; and sections 406, 810.2.2, and 810.5.3 in
Appendix D to this part. The modified sections adopted by the
Department of Transportation are reprinted in Appendix F to this
part. Entities that are required to comply with the Department of
Transportation's regulatory standards, must comply with the modified
sections adopted by the Department of Transportation that are
reprinted in Appendix F to this part.
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3. In Sec. 1191.1, add Notes 1 and 2 to paragraph (b) to read as
follows:
Note 1 to paragraph (b): 1. The General Services Administration
has adopted by reference Appendices C and D to this part as the
regulatory standards for buildings and facilities subject to its
regulations under the Architectural Barriers Act. 41 CFR 102-76.65,
as added at 70 FR 67786, November 8, 2005; amended at 71 FR 52498,
September 6, 2006; and further amended at 72 FR 5942, February 8,
2007. The General Services Administration refers to its regulatory
standards as the Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standard
(ABAAS). ABAAS applies to the construction and alteration of
facilities commenced after May 8, 2006; to leases awarded for lease
construction buildings on or after June 30, 2006; and to all other
leases awarded pursuant to solicitations issued after February 6,
2007. Section 3.5 of the Facilities Standards for the Public
Building Service PBS--P100 (March 2005) [available on the Internet
at: https://www.gsa.gov/P100] establishes an additional requirement
for General Services Administration owned buildings and lease
construction with government option to purchase buildings to provide
at least one automatic or power-assisted door complying with section
404.3 of ABAAS at each new or altered accessible entrance required
by section F206.4.1 of ABAAS.
Note 2 to paragraph (b). 2. The United States Postal Service has
adopted by reference Appendices C and D to this part, with the
exception of the advisory notes, as the regulatory standards for its
postal facilities subject to the Architectural Barriers Act,
effective October 1, 2005. 39 CFR 254.1, as added at 70 FR 28213,
May 17, 2005.
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4. Add a new Appendix F to this part to read as follows:
Appendix F to Part 1191--Modifications Adopted by the Department of
Transportation
The Department of Transportation has adopted by reference
Appendices B and D to this part with modifications as the regulatory
standards for the construction and alteration of transportation
facilities subject to its regulations under the Americans with
Disabilities Act, effective November 29, 2006. 49 CFR 37.9 and
Appendix A to 49 CFR part 37, as amended at 71 FR 63263, October 30,
2006; and corrected at 72 FR 11089, March 12, 2007. The Department
of Transportation has modified section 206.3 in Appendix B to this
part; and sections 406, 810.2.2, and 810.5.3 in Appendix D to this
part. The modified sections adopted by the Department of
Transportation are reprinted in this appendix. Entities that are
required to comply with the Department of Transportation's
regulatory standards, must comply with modified sections adopted by
the Department of Transportation that are reprinted in this
appendix. The Department of Transportation has provided supplemental
information on the modified sections in Appendix D to 49 CFR part
37.
Modification to 206.3 of Appendix B
206.3 Location. Accessible routes shall coincide with, or be
located in the same area as general circulation paths. Where
circulation paths are interior, required accessible routes shall
also be interior. Elements such as ramps, elevators, or other
circulation devices, fare vending or other ticketing areas, and fare
collection areas shall be placed to minimize the distance which
wheelchair users and other persons who cannot negotiate steps may
have to travel compared to the general public.
Modification to 406 of Appendix D
406.8 Detectable Warnings. A curb ramp shall have a detectable
warning complying with 705. The detectable warning shall extend the
full width of the curb ramp (exclusive of flared sides) and shall
extend either the full depth of the curb ramp or 24 inches (610 mm)
deep minimum measured from the back of the curb on the ramp surface.
Modification to 810.2.2 of Appendix D
810.2.2 Dimensions. Bus boarding and alighting areas shall
provide a clear length of 96 inches (2440 mm), measured
perpendicular to the curb or vehicle roadway edge, and a clear width
of 60 inches (1525 mm), measured parallel to the vehicle roadway.
Public entities shall ensure that the construction of bus boarding
and alighting areas comply with 810.2.2, to the extent the
construction specifications are within their control.
Modification to 810.5.3 of Appendix D
810.5.3 Platform and Vehicle Floor Coordination. Station
platforms shall be positioned to coordinate with vehicles in
accordance with the applicable requirements of 36 CFR part 1192.
Low-level platforms shall be 8 inches (205 mm) minimum above top of
rail. In light rail, commuter rail, and intercity rail systems where
it is not operationally or structurally feasible to meet the
horizontal gap or vertical difference requirements of part 1192 or
49 CFR part 38, mini-high platforms, car-borne or platform-mounted
lifts, ramps or bridge plates or similarly manually deployed
devices, meeting the requirements of 49 CFR part 38, shall suffice.
Exception: Where vehicles are boarded from sidewalks or street-
level, low-level platforms shall be permitted to be less than 8
inches (205 mm).
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