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Title: ADA Refresher


1
ADA Refresher
  • Different service standards
  • Fixed route/complimentary paratransit
  • Demand-responsive transit
  • Vehicle standards
  • Facility standards
  • Access to information

2
ADA Paratransit Standards
  • Response time prior day reservations, pick-up
    w/in 60 minutes of requested time
  • Fares no more than 200 of base fare
  • Geographic coverage w/in ¾ mile of fixed-route
  • Hours/days same as fixed-route
  • Restrictions on trip purpose there can be none
  • Availability of info and reservations must be
    comparable
  • Constraints on capacity there can be none

3
Demand ResponsiveADA Service Standards
  • Response time same as for everyone else
  • Fares same as for everyone else
  • Geographic coverage same as for everyone else
  • Hours/days same as for everyone else
  • Restrictions on trip purpose same as for others
  • Availability of info/reservations same as for
    others
  • Constraints on capacity same as for others

4
More service issues
  • Must allow anyone use of lift or ramp
  • Must keep access features in operating condition
  • Must announce major stops/locations and requested
    locations on fixed- route
  • Must accept service animals
  • Aides ride free
  • Availability of service to persons with
    disabilities and any special arrangements for
    requesting rides must be prominently publicized

5
More service issues
  • Must always accept common wheelchair
  • 3 or 4-wheeled design
  • Up to 30 inches wide
  • Up to 48 inches long
  • Weight does not exceed 600 pounds when occupied
  • Includes scooters, etc.
  • May be higher standard if using NF to serve
    over-sized wheelchairs

6
More service issues
  • Can require that wheelchair be secured, but
  • Cannot deny ride if unable to secure
  • Cannot require use of personal restraint, unless
    all riders are required to use seatbelts
  • Cannot require transfer to regular seat
  • Cannot require specific orientation when riding
    lift

7
Paratransit Eligibility
  • Must have system for identifying ADA Paratransit
    Eligible Persons using narrowest definition
  • Individuals who cannot board, ride, disembark
    from accessible vehicle (includes those who can
    not navigate system)
  • Individuals with specific impairment-related
    condition that prevents access to bus stop

8
Paratransit Eligibility
  • Can not have residency requirement
  • Must issue IDs
  • Must accept IDs issued by other systems
  • Visitors must be presumed eligible for 21 days
  • Automatic eligibility 21 days after application
    if determination not made
  • Each eligible individual entitled to one aide
    plus one companion (others on space available
    basis)

9
Accessible Vehicles
  • Lift or ramp
  • Mobility aid securement system(s)
  • At least two, if over 22 in length
  • Slip resistant flooring
  • Minimum lighting standards
  • Color contrasts
  • Priority seating
  • Signage

10
Accessible Vehicles
  • Clear path from entrance to securement location,
    with minimum headroom
  • 56 inch in small vehicles (under 22 feet)
  • 68 inch in larger vehicles (22 feet or more)
  • If used for fixed-route service
  • Public address system for stop announcements
  • Special stop request signaling from securement
    locations

11
Accessible Stops/Shelters
  • Bus stops to have level firm-surfaced area min
    72 from roadway and 42 wide with access to
    public way(s)
  • Shelters to be positioned to allow access,
    w/interior space for at least one wheelchair
  • Bus stop signage to be specified height/contracts
    w/ braille markings (schedule info not included)
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