Short presentation offering a background on accessibility laws, clarification of requirements, and resources

1. 2016

3. Environmental Barriers Act (EBA) – 1985 (IL)
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Sec. 502 & 504
Architectural Barriers Act - 1968
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - 1990
ADA Amendments Act of 2008

4. Architectural Barriers Act - 1968
Architectural Barriers Act only applies to
facilities designed, built, altered, or
leased with certain federal funds.
The following agencies are responsible
for ABA standards.

5. Rehabilitation Act of 1973 – Section 502
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Public Members
Appointed by President
4-year terms
Federal
Members
Represent
various federal
agencies

6. Rehabilitation Act of 1973 – Section 504
Prohibits discrimination against people
with disabilities in federally funded
programs and activities
Section 504 was the first law
requiring curb ramps to be installed
on Federal-aid projects to improve
accessibility.

7. Environmental Barriers Act - 1985
Any public facility or
portion thereof that is
constructed or altered
after the effective date of
the EBA must comply with
the IAC
https://www.illinois.gov/cdb/
business/codes/Pages/Illinois
AccessibilityCode.aspx

8. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - 1990
• The ADA is an "equal opportunity" law for people
with disabilities.
• Title II covers all activities of state and local
government (services, programs, and activities)
ADA Amendments Act of 2008
• Clarifies the scope of the definition of disability
under the ADA

9. Laws Guidelines Standards
Legislature
Pass
legislation
Access
Board
Develop
design
criteria and
enforce ABA
Dept. of
Justice
(FHWA)
Adopt & enforce
standards

10. Guidelines and Standards
• ADA Accessibility Guidelines – 1991
• ADA Standards - 1991
• Supplemented in 1998, 2000, 2002
• ADA/ABA Accessibility Guidelines –
2004
• DOT adopts new ADA Standards for
facilities – 2006
• DOJ adopts new ADA Standards -
2010

11. Guidelines and Standards
• ADA Standards for
Transportation
Facilities — DOT
—2006
• ADA Standards —
DOJ — 2010

12. Accessibility Guidelines for Pedestrian
Facilities in the Public Right-of-way
PROWAG
• U.S. Access Board began PROWAG in
1992 and published rule in 2011
• Published supplement for shared use
paths in 2013
Final Rule is yet to be published
DOJ and DOT must adopt standards before it can be
enforced (~18 month time frame)

13. Accessibility Guidelines for Pedestrian
Facilities in the Public Right-of-way
PROWAG
On January 23, 2006, the Federal Highway
Administration issued a memorandum
recognizing that PROWAG standards “are the
currently recommended best practices, and can
be considered the state of the practice that could
be followed for areas not fully addressed by the
present ADAAG standards.”

14. Clarification of requirements
PROWAG does not require sidewalks, but if
sidewalks are provided a pedestrian access route
(PAR) is required
The width of the PAR must be ≥ 4 feet
Snow removal is required:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/civilrights/programs/ad
a_sect504qa.htm

15. Addition of New
Layer of Asphalt
Mill & Fill / Mill
& Overlay
Cape Seals
New
Construction
Hot In-Place
Recycling
Open-graded
Surface Course
Microsurfacing
/ Thin-Lift
Overlay
Rehabilitation &
Reconstruction
Chip Seals
Fog Seals
Scrub Sealing
Crack Filling
and Sealing
Joint Crack
Seals
Slurry Seals
Diamond
Grinding
Joint repairs
Spot High-
Friction
Treatments
Dowel Bar
Retrofit
Pavement
Patching
Surface Sealing
Kinney v. Yerusalim, 9 F.3d 1067 (3rd Cir. 1993)

16. FHWA Guidance - Alterations
https://connectdot.connectsolutions.com/p2lz0u6b
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https://connectdot.connectsolutions.com/p7
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Links to webinar:
FHWA Technical Assistance on the ADA
Requirements to Provide Curb Ramps
through Resurfacing

17. Clarification of requirements
The running slope of the PAR must be ≤ 5% or the
grade of the adjoining roadway
Cross slope of crosswalks can be ≤ 5% if no yield
or stop control

18. Clarification of requirements
Horizontal openings must be ≤ ½”
Vertical
Discontinuities must
be ≤ ¼” or ≤ ½”
if beveled at 1:2

19. Clarification of requirements
Detectable Warnings are required at curb ramps

20. Three types of
curb ramps
defined
Blended
Transition
Perpendicular
Parallel

21. Audible
Pedestrian
Signals
(APS) are
required for
signalized
pedestrian
crossings

22. Develop a Transition Plan!
The ADA required government agencies with
more than 50 employees to evaluate their
programs and create a transition plan
Educate and Train Staff!!
ADA Coordinator Training Certification
Program: http://www.adacoordinator.org
https://www.ada.gov/pcatoolkit/toolkitmain.htm
Check out the ADA Toolkit

23. http://www.ada.gov
http://www.access-board.gov
Great Lakes ADA Center:
http://www.adagreatlakes.org
ADA National Network: http://adata.org/
Example Transition Plan:
https://www.naperville.il.us/contentassets/a45eb
03978e4453888bce554ceae7a80/adatransitionpla
n.pdf

24. Pam Broviak, P.E.
815-993-8485
pwg@publicworksgroup.com
http://www.publicworksgroup.com
Presentations at:
http://www.slideshare.net/publicworksgroup