Note: This report was published in 2001. Accessibility guidelines and practices, and construction and maintenance techniques have evolved, and more current information is available in other reports and guidance. For example, see the US Access Board's reports and guidelines about public rights-of-way at www.access-board.gov/prowac/, such as the Special Report: Accessible Public Rights of Way Planning and Designing for Alterations, and reports and guidelines about outdoor developed areas at www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/recreation-facilities/outdoor-developed-areas. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has Accessibility Guidance available on its Accessibility Resource Library at www.fhwa.dot.gov/accessibility/. Please see the following documents, which also cite FHWA's interpretation of related case law.
Program Manager:
Barbara McMillen
Authors:
Beneficial Designs, Inc.
Julie B. Kirschbaum, B.A.
Peter W. Axelson, M.S.M.E., A.T.P.
Patricia E. Longmuir, M.S.C.
Kathleen M. Mispagel, M.S., C.T.R.S.
Julie A. Stein, B.A.
Denise A. Yamada, M.E., B.M.E.
Illustrations:
Clay Butler
September 2001
There are numerous people who made significant contributions to the development of this guidebook as either reviewers or professional experts. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the following people:
Janet Barlow
Center for the Visually Impaired
B.L. Bentzen
Accessible Design for the Blind
Jim Coppock
City of Cincinnati, Ohio
Department of Public Works
Raymond Davis
New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation
Michelle DeRobertis
Wilbur Smith Associates
Lukas Franck
The Seeing Eye, Inc.
Michelle Holsopple
Allegheny Intermediate Unit #3
Dolores Gonzales
City of Austin, Texas
David Guth
Department of Blind Rehabilitation
Western Michigan University
Peter Lagerwey
Pedestrian and Bicycle Program
Seattle Engineering Department
John LaPlante
T.Y. Lyn International, DASCOR, Inc.
Richard Long
Department of Blind Rehabilitation,
Western Michigan University
Stuart Macdonald
Colorado State Parks
Michael M. Moule
William Prosser
Federal Highway Administration
Michael Ronkin
Bicycle and Pedestrian Program
Oregon Department of Transportation
Arthur Ross
Traffic Engineering Division
Madison Department of Transportation
Dona Sauerburger
Richard Skaff
San Francisco Department of Public Works
Lois Thibault
U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
Jennifer Toole
Sprinkle Consulting, Inc.
Patti Voorhees
Ellen Vanderslice
America Walks
Charles Zeeger
Highway Safety Research Center at
University at North Carolina at Chapel Hill
