Accessible Design

DRAFT PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY ACCESSIBILITY GUIDE & RESOURCES

On May 2, 2006, CRCOG hosted a workshop on the newly released (November 2005) Draft Public Rights-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines. These new guidelines have been a long time in coming, and we had an opportunity to learn firsthand what they involve from Lois Thibault of the US Access Board. 

The handouts provided in the meeting and the presentations are all available for download below.  These materials explain the legal basis for the ADA guidelines and explain the guidelines themselves.  The curb ramp design presentation provides many useful examples that are likely to be helpful to designers.

Handouts:

• FHWA Memo on How to Use the Draft Guidelines
• ITE Newsletter with 10 Tips for Designing for Access
• Resource Sheet
• FHWA Memo on Detectable Warnings

Presentations (these are large documents and may take a while to download):

• Accessibility Regs: the Legal Basis
• Public Rights of Way Access Guidelines
• Public Rights of Way: Best Practices
• Curb Ramp Design

Additional resources:

• Developing Curb Ramp Designs Based on Curb Radius
• Wayfinding at Intersections: Efforts Toward Standardization