§12148 Public Transportation Programs and Activities in Existing Facilities and One Car Per Train Rule

Summary

Public transit programs that take place in existing stations or buildings must be run so the whole program is usable and accessible to people with disabilities. Transit agencies do not have to make structural changes to old buildings to add wheelchair access unless other parts of the law require alterations or changes at key stations. They also do not have to offer services at a place where a person who uses a wheelchair could not use or benefit from those services. For light or rapid rail trains with 2 or more cars, at least 1 car per train must be accessible to people with disabilities, including wheelchair users, as soon as possible but no later than the last day of the 5-year period after this law takes effect. If a vehicle has historic value and making it fully accessible would seriously change its historic character, the operator only needs to make the accessibility modifications that are both required by the law’s technical standards and that do not significantly alter the vehicle’s historic character.