Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board or Board) is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of August 8, 2023. The document provided minimum guidelines for the accessibility of pedestrian facilities in the public right-of-way. The document had an incorrect effective date for the rule.

The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board or Board) issues its final rule that provides minimum guidelines for the accessibility of pedestrian facilities in the public right-of-way. These guidelines, once adopted, would ensure that facilities used by pedestrians, such as sidewalks and crosswalks, constructed or altered in the public right-of-way by Federal, state, and local Governments are readily accessible to and usable by pedestrians with disabilities. When the guidelines are adopted, with or without modifications, as accessibility standards in regulations issued by other Federal agencies implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Architectural Barriers Act, compliance with those enforceable accessibility standards is mandatory.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) invites comment on the proposed extension of its existing information collection titled, ``Online Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) Complaint Form.'' (OMB Control No. 3014-0012). The information collection is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2023, and we propose to continue using the instrument for an additional three years.