Impacts of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Transit Agency Liability

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

doi:10.17226/25329

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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Legal Research Digest 54: Impacts of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Transit Agency Liability explores the types of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements and legal claims against transit agencies. The ADA has transformed U.S. transit agencies, which now have sophisticated programs to address a wide variety of accessibility goals in such areas as the design of transit stations, bus and rail vehicle design, media stop announcements, paratransit programs, website design and content, and many other tools that address ADA requirements. This research presents an assessment of challenges in implementing the ADA from the perspective of transit operators. Additionally, this digest summarizes relevant guidance from the U.S. Federal Transit Administration. Download the following appendix that accompanies the report:

Appendix D: Transit Agencies' Policies, Procedures, and Other Materials

Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Transportation Research Board; Legal Research Programs; Transit Cooperative Research Program Legal Program; Transit Cooperative Research Program; Larry W. Thomas

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70 pages | 8.5 x 11 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/25329

Chapters		skim
Legal Research Digest 54	1-1
CONTENTS	2-2
I. INTRODUCTION	3-3
II. OVERVIEW, PURPOSES, AND FIVE TITLES OF THE ADA	4-4
III. THE ADA AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2008 AND ITS IMPACT	5-6
IV. TITLE I OF THE ADA AND EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION	7-14
V. TITLE II OF THE ADA AND DISCRIMINATION BY PUBLIC ENTITIES	15-23
VI. REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES UNDER TITLE II OF THE ADA	24-29
VII. REQUIREMENTS FOR FIXED ROUTE SERVICE UNDER THE ADA	30-33
VIII. PARATRANSIT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS UNDER TITLE II OF THE ADA	34-43
IX. DEMAND RESPONSIVE SERVICE UNDER TITLE II OF THE ADA	44-44
X. ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT OF TITLE II OF THE ADA	45-55
XI. TITLE III AND DISCRIMINATION IN PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS	56-59
XII. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ADA AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS	60-63
XIII. LIABILITY OF TRANSIT AGENCIES IN TORT FOR CLAIMS BY INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES	64-67
APPENDIX D TRANSIT AGENCIES POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND OTHER MATERIALS	68-68
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	69-70

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