Access to over-the-road buses for persons with disabilities.DIANE Publishing |
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accessibility requirements accessibility technologies accessible OTRB service accessible restroom addition Americans with Disabilities areas boarding chair bus companies bus industry bus-mile buses capital charter and tour coaches cognitive disabilities costs Department of Transportation Disabilities Act driver Econometrics equipment estimates Federal fixed-route service freed-route funds Greyhound Lines hearing impairments implementation individuals with disabilities intercity bus intercity bus service Interstate Commerce Commission lift-equipped ment million trips mobility impairments National Tour Association Office of Technology operating ratio OTRB operators package paratransit percent personal communication persons with disabilities persons with mobility persons with sensory population public transportation purchase regulations revenue ridership routes rural scheduled seats station-based lift stations Stewart and Stevenson stops Technology Assessment tie-down tion tour operator tour service transit traveler-complete OTRB traveler-ready OTRB trip rates trips by persons U.S. Department vehicle vehicle-based lift wheelchair wheeled mobility aids
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Página 13 - No otherwise qualified handicapped individual in the United States, as defined in [29 USC § 706(7)], shall, solely by reason of his handicap, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance or under any program or activity conducted by any Executive agency or by the United States Postal Service.
Página 5 - No individual shall be discriminated against on the basis of disability in the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of any place of public accommodation by any person who owns, leases (or leases to), or operates a place of public accommodation.
Página 8 - The degree to which such buses and service, including any service required under sections 304(b)(4) and 306(a)(2), are readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities. (3) The effectiveness of various methods of providing accessibility to such buses and service to individuals with disabilities. (4) The cost of providing accessible over-the-road buses and bus service to individuals with disabilities, including consideration of recent technological and cost saving developments in...
Página 6 - ... (5) the purchase or lease by such entity of a new van with a seating capacity of less than 8 passengers, including the driver, which is to be used to provide specified public transportation and for which a solicitation is made after the 30th day following the effective date of this section that is not readily accessible to or usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs; except that the...
Página 24 - Training requirements. Each public or private entity which operates a fixed route or demand responsive system shall ensure that personnel are trained to proficiency, as appropriate to their duties, so that they operate vehicles and equipment safely and properly assist and treat individuals with disabilities who use the service in a respectful and courteous way, with appropriate attention to the difference among individuals with disabilities. Subpart H— Over-the-Road Buses (OTRBs) SOURCE: 63 FR...
Página 26 - ... to operate such system so that, when viewed in its entirety, such system ensures a level of service to individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, equivalent to the level of service provided to individuals without disabilities. (C) DEMAND RESPONSIVE SYSTEM. For purposes of subsection (a), discrimination includes: (i) a failure of a private entity which operates a demand responsive system and which is...
Página 5 - Act (1) to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities...
Página 105 - ... sufficient clearances to permit a wheelchair or other mobility aid user to reach a securement location. At least two securement locations and devices, complying with paragraph...
Página 6 - ... entity can demonstrate that such system, when viewed in its entirety, provides a level of service to individuals with disabilities equivalent to that provided to individuals without disabilities.