ADA Compliance at Transportation Agencies: A Review of Practices

Overview

To assess ADA compliance agencies need to develop a comprehensive inventory of pedestrian pathways and crossings, identify non-compliant locations and develop a program for remedial repairs to bring facilities into compliance. Such an inventory is necessary to adequately address ADA issues during design and construction of highways. For many transportation agencies, addressing ADA compliance has been a new emphasis area. Innovative approaches for gathering inventory and condition data for pedestrian infrastructure may be transferable to other agencies managing ADA compliance issues. A number of the approaches being used to gather inventory and condition data for ADA compliance are potentially transferable also to the management of other transportation asset categories.