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(luestions about Answers About AllA/Section 5U4 - Utrice of Cavil Kigrits - rriWA <br />iC~ ~ ~v61 Righ~ <br />questions and Answers About ADA/Section 504 <br />rage 1 of 1 t <br />M~ <br />~~. <br />-~a.~ ` s <br /> <br />These questions and answers are presented to help FHWA and its State and local transportation department partne <br />understand roles and responsibilities to provide accessible transportation facilities under the Americans with Disabili~ <br />(ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504). These questions and answers are derived from extensive e~ <br />input from the FHWA Offices of Civil Rights, Infrastructure, Chief Counsel, and Planning, Environment, and Realty. l <br />material, these questions and answers are not, in themselves, legally binding and do not constitute regulations. The: <br />the FHWA's position on the implementation of the ADA and Section 504. These questions and answers have been r <br />approved by the U.S. Department of Transportation General Counsel as consistent with applicable disability law. <br />The FHWA Offices of Civil Rights, Infrastructure, Chief Counsel, and Planning, Environment, and Realty developed 1 <br />and answers and approved them as consistent with the language and intent of the ADA and Section 504. The questi <br />outlined in this document are to be applied to Federal, State, and local governmental agencies; hereafter called "put <br />"agencies." <br />Public Agencies covered by ADA and Section 504 <br />1. What authority requires public agencies to make public right of wav accessible for all pedestrians with disabi <br />2. What do these statutes, require public agencies to do? <br />3. Does the ADA require public agencies to provide pedestrian facilities? <br />4. What is FHWA's responsibility for assuring access for persons with disabilities? <br />5. What public agencies must provide accessible pedestrian walkways for persons with disabilities? <br />6. Can a public agency make private individuals or businesses responsible for ADA an_d Section 504 mandatec <br />access? <br />7. What United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) and United States Department of Transportation (USDG <br />govern accessibility.._requirements? <br />8. What is FHWA's authority to implement ADA and Section 504 requirements? <br />9. What is the public right of_way? <br />Transition plans <br />10. What authority requires public agencies to make transition plans? <br />11. What.should__a transition p.l.an includ..e.?. <br />12. How does the transition plan relate to a public aaencv's transportation planning process? <br />13. What public agencies must_make__a transition plan? <br />14. When should the FHWA review an agency's transition plan? <br />15. When. and how should a transition.plan be upd..a...ted..? <br />Projects Covered by the ADA and Section 504 <br />16. What„projects must provide. pedestrian access for persons with disabilities? <br />17. What_projects constitute a.n alteration to the public right, of way? <br />18. What activities are not considered to be alterations? <br />Timing of Accessibility Improvements <br />19. Does a project altering a public right of way require simultaneous accessibility improvements? <br />http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/civilrights/ada_ga.htm ~/~ l~lll.~- >~ <br />