PROPOSED MINIMUM GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBILITY AND USABILITY OF FEDERAL AND FEDERALLY FUNDED BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES BY PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS

This regulation is issued by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board as minimum guidelines and requirements for standards for accessibility and usability of Federal and federally funded buildings and facilities by physically handicapped persons. The guidelines and requirements provide provide a basis for the issuance of consistent and improved accessibility and usability standards issued by the four Federal standard-setting agencies, the General Services Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Defense and United States Postal Service, under the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968, as amended. Technical provisions encompass human data; walks, floors and accessible routes; parking and passenger-loading zones; ramps and curb ramps; stairs; handrails; elevators; platform lifts; entrances; doors; windows; toilet and bathing facilities; drinking fountains and water coolers; controls and operating mechanisms; alarms; tactile warnings; signage; telephones; seating, tables and work surfaces; assembly areas; and storage. Other parts of the rule address: purpose, applicability, definitions, and relationships with other standards and laws; and the scope of the rule's applicability to new construction, additions, alterations and leased buildings. The technical provisions are accompanied by diagrammatic illustrations.

• Corporate Authors:

  Government Printing Office

  Superintendent of Documents
  Washington, DC  United States  20402-9325
• Publication Date: 1980-8-18

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.
• Serial:
  • Federal Register
  • Publisher: Government Printing Office

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Design standards; Facilities; Guidelines; Persons with disabilities; Public transit; Rail transit stations; Regulations; Specifications; Structural design
• Identifier Terms: Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
• Old TRIS Terms: Architectural barriers act 1968
• Subject Areas: Law; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; Vehicles and Equipment; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00342503
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1981 12:00AM