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U.S. DOT Federal Transit Administration TPM-20 Office of Engineering Project Management Oversight Oversight Procedure 41 – ADA Review – Level Boarding for Commuter Rail ______________________________________________________________________________ 1.0 PURPOSE The purpose of this Oversight Procedure is to describe the review, analysis and recommendation procedures and reporting requirements expected by Federal Transit Administration (FTA) from the Project Management Oversight Contractor (PMOC) regarding compliance by commuter rail projects with the level boarding provisions of the regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation implementing the transportation provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 (49 CFR Parts 27, 37 & 38). 2.0 BACKGROUND The intent of level boarding is to provide equal and non-segregated access to passengers with disabilities using public transit systems. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) addresses the topic of level boarding through its regulations that have been adopted, which specifically detail the standards for accessible transportation facilities, as mandated by the ADA. The term “level boarding” refers to station platforms that are coordinated with the level of the floor and the entry doors of railcars used on the system. It does not connote a specific measurement above top of rail (ATR). However, typical passenger car floor heights usually range from 17.5-inches ATR to 52-inches ATR. Platforms should be constructed 3 inches below the new level of the rail car floor height to account for the load, normal wear, and tolerances. Additionally, it must be recognized that level boarding does not necessarily require that the platform gap standards contained in the ADA accessibility standards be met. Given the dynamic clearance requirements of standard freight and passenger railcars, and accounting for wheel-truing, suspension settling and track wear and settling, level boarding will most likely involve gaps that exceed the ADA standard, but can be crossed easily by ambulatory passengers without hazard, and can be easily spanned by short bridge plates when necessary. Where a commuter rail system operates over tracks used by another passenger railroad (i.e., intercity, Amtrak, or another commuter rail system), the design of the station platforms should be coordinated among the various users of the line if station platforms are to be shared. Where floor heights differ, the platform should be coordinated with rolling stock having the lowest floor and entry height to avoid stepping down from the platform to board. This may require alternative boarding methods for other rolling stock at that particular station platform. Project Sponsors must also determine whether the corridor and trackage to be used has been designated as a Federally-designated high-speed rail corridor, which is subject to additional requirements for platform configuration. If a commuter rail system operates over tracks used, controlled, and/or owned by a freight railroad, the presence of freight traffic alone does not constitute infeasibility of level boarding. Project Sponsors must review actual dynamic clearance requirements for the type of equipment and cargo carried over OP 41 ADA Review – Level Boarding for Commuter Rail Revision 0, June 2008 Page 1 of 6
the tracks in question, normal and over-dimension (including U.S. Department of Defense Strategic Rail Corridor Network), and the history and nature of over-dimension movements. Where an actual conflict exists with a specific station platform height, care should be taken to determine whether a lower platform height corresponding with lower-floor and –entry rolling stock is possible. Project Sponsors should take into account construction of station platforms on curves due to issues that make it impossible to achieve level boarding since this situation results in significant gaps that exceed the dimensions usually allowed for level boarding at station platforms. Ideally, station platforms should be constructed on tangent track. Though, if necessary, platforms could be on a mild curve of no more than 1 degree 40 minutes with little or no super-elevation. As outlined in the DOT’s Level Boarding Guidance dated September 1, 2005, if full level boarding meeting the gap requirements (3-inch horizontal gap and 5/8-inch vertical gap, or 1.5-inches for existing vehicles operating in new stations) is not possible, other choices are offered in a hierarchal order of preference: 1) High-level platforms in conjunction with short bridge plates providing access to each car. 2) Car-borne or station-based lifts serving each accessible car. 3) Gauntlet or bypass tracks where necessary to accommodate over-dimensioned freight loads along high-level platforms. 4) Mini-high platforms. 3.0 OBJECTIVES The objective of this review is to ensure compliance with ADA level boarding starting with project planning (site planning of stations and platforms), and continuing through design and construction. This review is meant to bring to light as early as possible perceived impediments to compliance, serve as a platform for the generation of ideas and recommendations for removal of impediments so that compliance can be achieved. 4.0 REFERENCES The following are the principal, but by no means the only, references to Federal legislation, regulation and guidance with which the PMOC should have a good understanding as related to the Grantee’s project work being reviewed under this OP: 4.1 Regulations • 49 CFR Parts 27, 37 & 38: U.S. Department of Transportation regulations implementing the transportation provisions of the ADA. o The Department issued a Final Rule adopting new accessibility standards effective November 29, 2006. Through this final rule, the Department amended its ADA regulations to adopt, as its regulatory standards for accessible transportation facilities, the new Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) issued in 2004 by the Access Board as well as the Board's subsequent technical amendments. Important to the design of transit stations are paragraphs 206.3 regarding the location of accessible routes relative to general circulation paths, and 810.5.3 regarding the OP 41 ADA Review – Level Boarding for Commuter Rail Revision 0, June 2008 Page 2 of 6
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CLIN# OP# FTA Oversight Procedures
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5.0 GRANTEE SUBMITTALS NA 6.0 SCOPE
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6.1.2 Task Orders FTA headquarters
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and communications systems; fare co
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APPENDIX B Sample Task Order ______
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candidates for the committee so tha
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