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Four-Part Series on Accessibility and the ADAAG
Test

Part II: Accessibility in the Public Right-of-Way: Access On The Road

In order to receive continuing education credits, you must complete this test with a passing grade and submit it to DLRP. DLRP will grade the test, and if you received a passing grade will inform you and AIA that you have earned 2 HSW Learning Units. If you wish to receive a certificate of completion, please let us know and we will send you one.

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Test Questions:
  1. The draft guidelines will become a chapter of the proposed ADA/ABA Guidelines. Once they have force of law, will the guidelines require existing or only new and altered rights-of-way areas to comply?

  2. The draft guidelines reference standards issued by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration. What are they known as?

  3. What is the key term that refers to the portion of the public right-of-way that serves as an accessible route?


  4. According to the draft guidelines, what is the minimum width, without exception, for a pedestrian access route?


  5. According to the draft guidelines, a protruding object is anything that intrudes into the accessible pedestrian route by at least how many inches?


  6. Are detectable warnings still suspended?


  7. In the Draft Rights-of-Way Guidelines, the Board agreed with the committee's recommendation and has included a requirement for a deep detectable warning surface where the ramp, landing, or blended transition connects to a crosswalk. How deep must this surface be?


  8. The latest devices for Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS) may include any or all the following except:
    Vibration
    Loud chirping cuckoo birds
    Voice messages
    Discreet tones that adjust to noise levels

  9. According to the draft guidelines, how high above the ground should a sign designating an accessible parking space be located?


  10. Which of the following features do the draft guidelines address?
    Passenger drop off areas
    Call boxes
    Street parking
    All of the above




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