A New Jersey Transit Authority policy requires elevators where grade changes at overpasses and underpasses exceed 60 inches (1525 mm). New pedestrian bridges in Las Vegas, New York City, and San Juan, PR incorporate elevator access at each end.

A decade ago, Seattle pioneered a network of accessible through-block pedestrian routes that make use of elevators in existing buildings to travel from one street elevation to another.

In La Jolla, CA, a pedestrian route on the campus of the Scripps Oceanographic Institute begins at grade, extends in a bridge over a roadway, and connects to two four-stop hydraulic elevators that step down the coastal cliff to a research station on the waterfront.

ADAAG 4.2.4 Clear Floor or Ground Space for Wheelchairs.
The minimum clear floor or ground space required to accommodate a single stationary wheelchair and occupant is 30 in by 48 in (760 mm by 1220 mm). The minimum clear floor or ground space for wheelchairs may be positioned for forward or parallel approach to an object. Clear floor or ground space may be part of the knee space required under some objects.

Street Furniture

30" x 48" (915 x 1220 mm) clear ground area at the element

unobstructed reach range to highest operable part:
–– forward (48" [1220mm] high maximum/15" [380 mm] minimum)
or
–– side (54" [1370 mm] high maximum/9" [230 mm] minimum)

operating force no greater than 5# (22.2N)

hardware operable with one hand without tight grasping, pinching, or twisting of the
wrist

knee room 27" (685 mm) high, 30" (760 mm) wide, 19" (485 mm) deep where
necessary for use