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This glossary is intended to help readers understand certain road treatments referenced on page 2 of the DOJ/FHWA Joint Technical Assistance on the ADA Title II Requirements to Provide Curb Ramps When Streets Roads or Highways are Altered Through Resurfacing. The definitions explain the meaning...
Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that state and local governments ensure that persons with disabilities have access to the pedestrian routes in the public right of way. An important part of this requirement is the obligation whenever streets, roadways, or highways...
On May 15, 2002, Congress enacted the "Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002," which is now known as the No FEAR Act. The primary purpose of the No Fear Act of 2002 is to improve Federal agency...
The Persons with Disabilities Programs ensures that individuals with disabilities have equal opportunity in recruitment, hiring, training, advancement and retention at the Federal Highway Administration and in Federal employment.
The FHWA is...