36 CFR Part 1190, Proposed Accessibility Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)

Accessibility Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way

AGENCY: Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

SUMMARY: The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board is proposing accessibility guidelines for the design, construction, and alteration of pedestrian facilities in the public right-of-way. The guidelines ensure that sidewalks, pedestrian street crossings, pedestrian signals, and other facilities for pedestrian circulation and use constructed or altered in the public right-of-way by state and local governments are readily accessible to and usable by pedestrians with disabilities. When the guidelines are adopted, with or without additions and modifications, as accessibility standards in regulations issued by other federal agencies implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Architectural Barriers Act, compliance with the accessibility standards is mandatory.

DATES: Submit comments by November 23, 2011. Hearings will be held on the proposed guidelines on September 12, 2011 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in Dallas, TX; and on November 9, 2011 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in Washington, DC.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by any of the following methods:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov/. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Regulations.gov ID for this docket is ATBCB−2011‒0004.

• E-mail: row@access-board.gov. Include docket number ATBCB 2011‒04 in the subject line of the message.

• Fax: 202‒272‒0081.

• Mail or Hand Delivery/Courier: Office of Technical and Informational Services, Access Board, 1331 F Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004‒1111.

All comments will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information provided.

The hearing locations are the Sheraton Dallas (San Antonio A Ballroom), 400 North Olive Street, Dallas, TX 75201; and the Access Board Conference Room, 1331 F Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Windley, Office of Technical and Information Services, Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, 1331 F Street NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004‒1111. Telephone (202) 272‒0025 (voice) or (202) 272‒0028 (TTY). E-mail address row@access-board.gov.