United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2011_register executive 2011-09-17 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7ff4901 D09002ee1c7ff49b2 United States Department of Transportation originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Department is amending its Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations to require intercity, commuter, and high-speed passenger railroads to ensure, at new and altered station platforms, that passengers with disabilities can get on and off any accessible car of the train. Passenger railroads must provide level-entry boarding at new or altered stations in which no track passing through the station and adjacent to platforms is shared with existing freight rail operations. For new or altered stations in which track passing through the station and adjacent to platforms is shared with existing freight rail operations, passenger railroads will be able to choose among a variety of means to meet a performance standard to ensure that passengers with disabilities can access each accessible train car that other passengers can board at the station. These means include providing car-borne lifts, station-based lifts, or mini-high platforms. The Department will review a railroad's proposed method to ensure that it provides reliable and safe services to individuals with disabilities in an integrated manner. The rule also codifies the existing DOT mechanism for issuing ADA guidance, modifies provisions concerning the carriage of wheelchairs, and makes minor technical changes to the Department's ADA rules. 76 FR 57924 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-09-19/2011-23576 2011-23576 fr19se11-11 RIN 2105-AD54 4910-9X-P Docket OST-2006-23985 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-09-19/2011-23576 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-09-19/html/2011-23576.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-09-19/pdf/2011-23576.pdf Buildings Buses Civil Rights Handicapped Individuals with Disabilities Mass Transportation Railroads Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Transportation 16 p. 57924 57939 76 FR 57924 Title 49 Part 37 49 CFR Part 37 Title 49 Part 38 49 CFR Part 38 RIN 2105-AD54 Transportation for Individuals With Disabilities at Intercity, Commuter, and High Speed Passenger Railroad Station Platforms; Miscellaneous Amendments; Federal Register Vol. 76, Issue RULE 2011-23576 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 2011-10-19 Docket OST-2006-23985 4910-9X-P 2011-23576 Final rule.

The Department is amending its Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations to require intercity, commuter, and high-speed passenger railroads to ensure, at new and altered station platforms, that passengers with disabilities can get on and off any accessible car of the train. Passenger railroads must provide level-entry boarding at new or altered stations in which no track passing through the station and adjacent to platforms is shared with existing freight rail operations. For new or altered stations in which track passing through the station and adjacent to platforms is shared with existing freight rail operations, passenger railroads will be able to choose among a variety of means to meet a performance standard to ensure that passengers with disabilities can access each accessible train car that other passengers can board at the station. These means include providing car-borne lifts, station-based lifts, or mini-high platforms. The Department will review a railroad's proposed method to ensure that it provides reliable and safe services to individuals with disabilities in an integrated manner. The rule also codifies the existing DOT mechanism for issuing ADA guidance, modifies provisions concerning the carriage of wheelchairs, and makes minor technical changes to the Department's ADA rules.

This rule is effective October 19, 2011. Robert C. Ashby, Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Regulation and Enforcement, Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room 94-102, Washington, DC 20590. (202) 366-9306 (voice); (202) 366-7687 (TDD), bob.ashby@dot.gov (e-mail). You may also contact Bonnie Graves, in the Office of Chief Counsel, Federal Transit Administration, same mailing Buildings Buses Civil Rights Handicapped Individuals with Disabilities Mass Transportation Railroads Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Transportation Transportation for Individuals with Disabilities at Various Passenger Railroad Station Platforms , bob.ashby@dot.gov bonnie.graves@dot.gov linda.martin@dot.gov Vol. 76, no. 181 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2011-09-19 continuing daily deposited born digital 202 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-09-19 P0b002ee180e0b4c8 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr19se11 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-09-19 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-09-19/pdf/FR-2011-09-19.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-09-19/xml/FR-2011-09-19.xml fdlp 57897 58087 DGPO 2011-09-17 2024-06-04 FR-2011-09-19 machine generated eng FR FR-2011-09-19 76 181