ADA Best Practices Tool Kit for State and Local Governments

H. How Can You Tell if a Curb Ramp is Accessible?

The best way to determine if a curb ramp is accessible is to survey it to determine the extent to which it complies with ADA accessibility requirements. To assist you, the next installment of this Tool Kit will include instructions on how to survey curb ramps for compliance with the ADA Standards and a Curb Ramps survey form for use in conducting your surveys. The instructions, which will be located in Appendix 1, are keyed to the Curb Ramps survey form, which will be located in Appendix 2, and will provide an explanation of how to obtain the information needed to answer each question on the survey form. The instructions will also include photographs and illustrations showing how and where to take measurements. The Curb Ramps survey form and instructions will help you identify the most common accessibility problems with curb ramps, but they will not necessarily identify all problems.