All documents and other information concerning the request shall be available, upon request, to members of the public. Washington, DC 20590 As a matter of guidance, we believe it is reasonable that if a passenger with a "hidden" disability wants a driver to ask someone to make room for use of a priority seat, the individual should tell the driver about the disability. The explanatory appendix to part 37 made the following comment on the regulatory requirement: [*63096]. In Boston, a blind individual received fatal injuries when she fell off a platform and received a shock from the electrified "third rail." The Department believes that this period should give transit properties sufficient time to work out the installation and related problems to which the comments referred. [*63092]SUMMARY: The Department is amending its rules implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in several respects. We also do not believe there is a strong connection between the July 1995 one car per train deadline (which pertains mostly to making service for persons with mobility impairments accessible) and the installation of detectable warnings (which pertains mostly to making platforms safe for visually impaired passengers). If the technical standard changes at this or any future point, the Department could, in appropriate situations, apply the grandfathering provision in the Department's ADA rule (49 CFR 37.9) to avoid making rail operators re-install detectable warnings meeting the revised standard. For safety and liability reasons, they would prefer not to carry standees on such lifts. PAGE 2058 FR 63092, *63100agreements with one another, a provision requiring available accessible cars to be provided before other cars in the donor agency's fleet. An official website of the United States government Here's how you know. It also mentioned a technical safety concern relating to the interface of the detectable warning strip and the yellow safety stripe at the platform edge. For these reasons, the Department will continue to make equivalent facilitation determinations. The NPRM proposed to modify the existing regulatory language to require transit providers to allow standees on lifts which meet part 38 specifications, or which are equipped with handrails or other devices that can assist standees in maintaining their balance. It would not be appropriate for the Department to indefinitely suspend a requirement that addresses a known safety problem on the basis of speculation about a safety problem that has not been shown to exist. The warning must be of a contrasting color (i.e., dark vs. light) and texture (i.e., truncated domes vs. smooth surface), as well as (in the case of interior surfaces) differing from the platform in resiliency and sound-on-cane contact. That's where the DRC can offer their expertise. Official websites use .govA .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. The two types of machines are similar enough in the operations that consumers must perform that the same requirements make sense in both contexts. WebDocumentation RequirementsInability to obtain reasonable lodging in Texas. Reasonable accommodations are changes or modifications to a job or work environment that make it possible for an employee with a disability to perform the essential functions of that job. 107. An ambulatory person with a disability may be unable to stand for long periods, meaning that the person would be effectively denied access to transportation if he or she could not sit down on a crowded bus. DREDF also alluded to a DOT study which found that standees could use lifts successfully. We agree with the commenters who suggested modifying the proposal to specify that drivers or other personnel on vehicles not be required to enforce a request for someone to move from a priority seat (e.g., by physically removing a recalcitrant passenger or parking the bus and calling the police.) The parties intend that Seller will obtain Estoppel Certificates from all A- Tenants. In issuing the NPRM, the Department stated that the existing design for detectable warnings standard fulfills detectability and safety requirements. We received this comment from 101 commenters, 80 of whom were disability organizations or individuals with disabilities. WebFor those illegal acts that are defined in that section as having a direct and material effect on the determination of financial statement amounts, the auditors responsibility to detect misstatements resulting from such illegal acts is the same as that for error or fraud. These were primarily, but not exclusively, from the blind community. When reviewing the request for the medical disability exception, the officer must determine whether the medical professional explained that the applicant has a physical or developmental disability or mental impairment that prevents the applicant from being able Documentation Requirements. (4) In the case of a request by a manufacturer or a private entity other than an air carrier, the manufacturer or private entity shall consult, in person, in writing, or by other appropriate means, with representatives of national and local organizations representing people with those disabilities who would be affected by the request. Seven additional commenters favored longer delays. This means, of course, that detectable warnings were to be in place by that date. 2. The Department believes that the Access Board proposal, which focuses on the reach range requirements for ATMs, is reasonable for fare vending machines as well. Washington, DC 20590855-368-4200. Making decisions about equivalent facilitation in advance, through an agency administrative process, seems more efficient than making them after the fact, through litigation. Under the present rule, except where the Department has extended time for completion of modifications to a key station, rail operators had to make key stations accessible by July 26, 1993. The study also noted ongoing efforts at improving detectable warning materials. Connection Between Medical Disability and Educational Requirements. It is appropriate for a driver, under this provision, to ask an ambulatory passenger with a disability to move to clear a wheelchair securement location when needed to accommodate a wheelchair user. To accommodate this situation, the Department proposed to add a new paragraph to this section, which would allow good faith efforts to be documented in a different way. It is a way of providing a reasonable sense of security to regulated parties that accessibility modifications they make will comply with ADA requirements. 57 0 obj <>stream The first change would extend until July 1994 the compliance date for retrofitting key rail station platforms with detectable warnings. One transit authority thought it should be able to self-certify as to an equivalent facilitation, without FTA approval. Many of these letters appeared to be generated by a. Lifts meeting Access Board standards will have handrails. The Department strongly urges such training programs to transit providers, both as a way of improving customer service and of reducing any risks which transit providers believe may be created by the use of lifts by standees. Entities shall not claim that a determination of equivalent facilitation indicates approval or endorsement of any product or method by the Federal government, the Department of Transportation, or any of its operating administrations.5. For any key station modification which, because of an extension of time for extraordinarily expensive changes, does not have to be completed until after July 26, 1994, detectable warnings would have to be installed on the same date as other modifications had to be completed. The ADA requires the Department to adopt standards consistent with the Access Board guidelines. The existing detectable warning requirement, without change or postponement, will continue to apply to construction of new stations and alterations of existing stations platforms. In particular, transit authorities said that safety (e.g., a potential tripping hazard), durability, and maintainability questions about detectable warnings had not been answered satisfactorily. Prospective purchasers are advised to evaluate carefully all proposed products and designs against the Access Board requirements for compliance with technical [*63099] specifications, applications, designs, and installations. The manufacturers said that the problems the NPRM had cited with adhesion, lift-up, etc. ].14 The auditor should consider the effect of an illegal act on the amounts presented in nancial statements including contingent monetary effects, such as nes, penalties and damages. Four state or local transportation agencies asked that FTA (or perhaps APTA) publish, in the Federal Register or elsewhere, its approvals of requests for equivalent facilitation, so that other transit authorities would know what products or accommodations were acceptable. Several manufacturers of detectable warning surfaces requested clarification. Mp[ 10. For example, if the corners of a tile segment curl up, people can trip on them. The situations covered by the Access Board proposal are distinguishable from the situation of rail platform edges, and a decision by the Access Board to delete the detectable warning requirement in the former would not affect the requirement in the latter for detectable warnings on platform edges, particularly given the safety consequences of falls from rail station platforms. In making the request available for public review, the entity shall ensure that it is available, upon request, in accessible formats. This "ask, don't tell" approach should help to avoid confrontations and disruptions of service while resulting in seating being made available for passengers who need priority seating in the vast majority of instances. In @ 37.165, paragraph (g) is revised to read as follows:@ 37.165 -- Lift and securement use. Receive email updates about the latest in Safety, Innovation, and Infrastructure. Different transit properties that have installed the tiles reported different experiences with cleaning and maintenance, some reporting substantial difficulty and others having few problems. The NPRM also noted that the Department's concerns did not relate to the cost of installing detectable warnings in key stations. Another disability community commenter suggested a requirement that the lease of rail cars by Amtrak not be permitted to decrease the overall percentage of Amtrak's fleet that was accessible (i.e., that if Amtrak leased inaccessible cars from a commuter authority, Amtrak would have to obtain accessible cars elsewhere in order to maintain the same percentage of accessibility in its fleet that it had before the lease). If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services. A transit authority and an "elderly and handicapped" advisory committee sought assurance that transit authorities and advisory committees, respectively, would be part of the public participation process. The final rule specifically bars claims by manufacturers that an equivalent facilitation determination constitutes a product endorsement by the Department. The Department believes that one commenter's concerns about the relationship of the yellow safety strip or "bumpers" (i.e., strips of material along the outward-facing edges of platforms to protect the rail cars and platform edges from abrasion) on some of its platforms can be addressed successfully without regulatory change, and the Department will work with rail operators to that end. The supporting Any such use of these letters, or reliance on these letters in marketing materials, is unauthorized, and potential customers for these products should disregard claims of this kind. The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) changed the name of the former Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) to This Statement uses the terms probable , reasonably possible, and remote to identify three areas within that range, as follows: Probable . These factors make a persuasive case for not unduly postponing the installation of detectable warning materials that can prevent death, injuries, and narrow escapes of the kind cited in the record. An FTA regulation (49 CFR 609.15(d)) requires FTA-assisted public transit authorities to designate priority seating near the front of vehicles for elderly and handicapped persons. In @ 37.7, paragraph(b) is revised to read as follows. The NPRM proposed to amend the rule to reflect this situation, allowing equivalent facilitation requests to be made by manufacturers and by transportation entities in other modes. Moreover, unlike the falls of visually-impaired persons from platforms, allegations mentioned by some commenters that properly installed detectable warnings cause safety problems (e.g., for persons using crutches or walkers, or pedestrians wearing high heels) are not supported by any evidence of these problems actually having occurred. WebINABILITY TO OBTAIN. The problematical features of this lift, as described by the PTSB, include an unusually low head clearance, the tilting action of the lift as it enters the bus, and a "pit" between the lift and the bus entrance when the lift is fully raised but has not entered the bus. * * * * *, 8. U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE The background of this issue is the following: @ 37.165 of the Department's final ADA rule (49 CFR part 37; 56 FR 45584, 45640; September 6, 1991) provides that. The proposal received support from both disability community commenters (12) and state or local transportation agencies (10), with the remainder of comments (4) coming from state or local agencies working on disability matters. This rule is not a significant rule under the Executive Order on Regulatory Planning and Review. The FTA will oversee such mechanisms as part of the triennial review process. We do not believe that it is necessary to prohibit applications for equivalent facilitation concerning detectable warnings. Five requested that handrails be retrofitted on existing lifts, and one commenter opposed this idea. Every train that Amtrak or a commuter authority operates after that date will have to have an accessible car. (4) In the case of a request by a private entity that provides transportation services subject to the provisions of subpart E of this part or a manufacturer, the private entity or manufacturer shall consult, in person, in writing, or by other appropriate means, with representatives of national and local organizations representing people with those disabilities who would be affected by the request. For this reason, the final rule will permit transit providers who operate buses having this lift model to deny its use to standees (who would, of course, be eligible for paratransit as a result). A transit provider said that, in case the Access Board changed its standard, detectable warnings that had been installed in the meantime should be grandfathered. They viewed the separate provision for private entities (such as manufacturers) as being a less stringent standard, which would allow manufacturers to circumvent the standards in the rule. We do not believe it is necessary to add language concerning the "one car per train" requirement. Two manufacturers thought equivalent facilitation should be deleted from the rule altogether. In support of its request for an indefinite, or, alternatively, five-year, postponement of the requirement, a rail operator cited the need to look at safety, durability, and maintainability issues, which it said current DOT research has not addressed. The Department also wants to clarify an equivalent facilitation decision it had earlier made concerning detectable warnings. X statement regarding inability to obtain reasonable transportation (The study suggests that frequent cleaning is important.) PAGE 2258 FR 63092, *63101omission of part of the language concerning wheelchair locations in @ 38.125(d)(2). The conclusion the Department draws from this study is that there are documented practical problems with the installation and maintenance of some detectable warning materials, which it is necessary for transit properties to address if their installation of detectable warnings is to be successful. The NPRM also proposed to clarify the public participation obligations of parties asking for equivalent facilitation determinations. At the time the Access Board guidelines were published, the specifications for detectable warning surfaces were ambiguous, particularly concerning the pattern and design of the surfaces. WebReasonable Accommodation (request): the act of enabling a qualified individual with a disability to obtain full and equal access to TriMet services, programs or activities This extension applies only to detectable warnings. For example, if a transit authority provides an on-board wheelchair for use by standees on lifts, the transit authority could not insist that a standee sit in the wheelchair in order to use the lift. OTHER ACCEPTABLE DISABILITY-RELATED INQUIRIES AND MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS OF EMPLOYEES. Mr. X has Reasonable Cause for Not Filing and Turning Over Form 941 Withholding Taxes. Therefore, complete Non-assertion of penalties due to reasonable However, it is not a condition to the Close of Escrow that Seller obtain Estoppel Certificates from those A-Tenants in excess of the Minimum Number of Estoppels. They mentioned numerous cases of persons falling off platforms in various rail systems (18 in a system other than the one mentioned in the NPRM), sometimes resulting in death or injury. While manufacturers' and consumers' comments assert that cited problems concerning the materials have largely been solved, it is clear that rail operators are not persuaded that their concerns about installation, safety, durability, and maintainability have been fully addressed. The first step is to complete the DRC Accommodation Request Form so we can begin to identify your needs. 0 Inability to obtain reasonable lodging in Texas. It is the Department's understanding that this material involves a flat, painted-on surface with a sandpaper-like texture, which does not meet the Federal standard for a detectable warning. The comments to this docket were considered in context of that rulemaking and were reflected in its preamble. The Department would apply 49 CFR 37.9, concerning grandfathering, to fare vending systems that meet the current ADA standard in the same way as that section applies to other features of transportation facilities. Consultation with these individuals and groups shall take place at all stages of the development of the request for equivalent facilitation. The second modification would except a particular model of lifts from the requirement that transportation providers permit standees to use lifts. These commenters generally viewed the proposal as a necessary step to make sure that passengers with disabilities actually received transportation service they could use. The latter group of commenters said that, in a vehicle that did not meet part 38 standards, there were safety concerns relating to door height, smoothness of operation etc. In the NPRM, the Department sought comment on how the proposed Access Board ATM standard modifications would affect automatic fare vending and collection systems. The last paragraph of @ 38.113, entitled Signage and currently designated as paragraph (3), is redesignated as paragraph (e). 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