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# Vehicle

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# Features

**Doorway width** **, exterior**  **Doorway width ,** 

**between cars Route to**  **Mobility Aid**

**Seating Location ,**  **clear width Vestibule w** **idth Clear**  **Space Mobility**  **Aid Seating**  **Location (min**  **in inches** **) Overlap of** 

**clear s pace**  **Number**

**of Mobility**  **Aid Seating**  **Location**
**s paces**  **Handrails,**

**stanchions d**  **iameter** ***** **(inches) Knuckle** 

**clearance (inches)**  **Fair**

**box guard**  **Maneuverability**

**near doors Maneuverabili** 

**ty at parking space**  **(minimum in inches)**  **Service animal**

**s pace**  **Service**

**animal q**  **uantity**

1 **Rapid Rail (Subways)**  32” min 30” min (if 30” aisles) 32” min N/A 30 x 48 2 1.25

- 1.5 1.5" min N/A Attention to
ensure maximum None None

2 **RVAAC** 32” min Note 1 (7/10) 32” except at cab ends

of transit cars; 30” Note 2 (7/10) Note 7 (new) 32” min (7/10) 44” Clear across

width of car Note 5 (7/10) 32 x 54 /

32 x 59 Note 3 (7/10) 6” at 12”

high (7/10) 2

Note 4 (7/10) 1.25

– 1.5”

(discuss) 1.5”

(discuss) N/A

(discus s) Note 5 b,c (discuss) 60” diameter

circle Note 6 (new) 14Wx38Lx16H

(new) 2

(new)

3 **Light Rail** 32” min 30” min (if 30” aisles) 32” min N/A 30 x 48 6” at 12” high (discuss) 2 1.25

- 1.5 1.5" min Yes Attention to
ensure maximum None None

4 **RVAAC** 32” min (discuss) 32” min , (discuss)

Note 7 (new) 32” min (discuss) N/A 32 x 54 / 32 x 59 Note 3 (discuss) 6” at 12”

high (discuss) 2

Note 4 (discuss) 1.25

– 1.5”

(discuss) 1.5”

(discuss) Yes

(discus s) Note 5 b,c (discuss) 60” diameter

circle Note 6 (new) 14Wx38Lx16H

(new) 2

(new)

5 **Commuter Rail** 32” min 30” min (if 30” aisles) 32” min 42" 30 x 48 6" at 9"H 1.25

- 1.5 1.5" min N/A None None

6 **RVAAC** 32” min (discuss) 32” min , (discuss)

Note 7 (new) 32” min (discuss) 44”

Note 5 (discuss) 32 x 54 /

32 x 59 Note 3 (discuss) 6” at 12”

high (discuss) 2

Note (discuss) 1.25

– 1.5”

(discuss) 1.5”

(discuss) N/A

(discus s) Note 5 (discuss) 60” diameter

circle Note 6 (new) 14Wx38Lx16H

(new) 2

(new)

7 **Intercity Rail Cars** 32” min 32” min 32” min 42" min 30 x 48 6" at 9"H 1, no more than 2 1.25

- 1.5 1.5" min N/A S ufficient turning and maneuvering space None None

8 **RVAAC** 32” min (discuss) 32” min , (discuss)

Note 7 (new) 44” Note 5 (discuss) 32 x 54 /

32 x 59 Note 3 (discuss) 6” at 12”

high (discuss) 2

Note (discuss) 1.25

– 1.5”

(discuss) 1.5”

(discuss) N/A

(discus s) Note 5 (discuss) 60” diameter

circle Note 6 (new) 14Wx38Lx16H

(new) 2

(new)

9 **PRIAA Single**

**Level (intercity)**  32 ” min 32 ” min 32 ” min 44 ” min 32 x 59 6" at 9"H 2 1.25

- 1.5 1.5" min N/A 32 x 59 14Wx38Lx16H 2

1 0 **PRIAA Bi** 

**- Level**  **(intercity)** 32 ” min 32 ” min 32 ” min 44 ” min 32 x 59 6" at 9"H 2 1.25

- 1.5 1.5" min N/A 32 x 59 14Wx38Lx16H

1 1 **RVAAC** 32” min (discuss) 32” min , (discuss)

Note 7 (new) 44” Note 5 (discuss) 32 x 54 /

32 x 59 (discuss) Note 3 6” at 12”

high (discuss) 2

Note (discuss) 1.25

– 1.5”

(discuss) 1.5”

(discuss) N/A

(discus s) Note 5 (discuss) 60” diameter

circle Note 6 (new) 14Wx38Lx16H

(new) 2

(new)



## *Current building guidelines require 11⁄4

- 2 inches outside diameter for handrails.

Notes:

## 1. Discussion of how to achieve clear openings with two

- leaf doors

a. One leaf must be 32” (prohibitive for door system design) b. Door leaves interlocked so that a functioning door always opens both leaves

c. Both leaves must have an emergency release feature in cas e one leaf is obstructed or damaged so that it cannot open d. Communication method / device provided at the door area to alert the driver/operator to e nsure passengers do not get stuck on the car because of inoperative doors. (Device location but complies wit h requirements for reachability of controls from a wheelchair.) 2. Cab ends of transit cars such as subways may have 30” clear openings if there is a legitimate issue for the operator having a ppropriate space and creating a wider path adversely impacts the op erator’s safe field of vision. Subway and some other transit vehicles have vehicle width limitations that affect the available space for operators and end

-of

-car structure. 3. 32” x 59” is requ ired when the space is confined on 3 sides to insure adequate man euvering space. 4. Some quantity of seats should be easily removable or convertible to temporarily accommodate groups of individuals using wheel chairs. 5. Vehicles with vestibules and those without have different entrance path needs due to the physical arrangeme nt of the entrance area.

a. Vehicles that have defined walls that establish a “vestibule” separate from passenger occupied space should be 44” wide over the most restrictive protrusion where 90 degree or similar turns are required immediately upon entering th e vehicle. If the vestibule is arranged to allow a free

-flowing path into the passenger area or aisle leading to that area, then the most restrictive width of the vestibule near the door may be less than 44” but in no case can the unobstructed path be les s than 32”. b. Vehicles that do not have vestibules or otherwise physically defined separation between entrance areas and passenger occupied areas must have a clear space across the vehicle free from panels or stanchions equal or greater than the open width of the side doors.

c. Stanchions provided adjacent to doors to aid boarding and alighting passengers whether in wheelchairs or ambulatory may be at the 32” minimum or the door width whichever is greater. Stanchions located elsewhere across the width of the car between the side doors must be at least the width of the door apart or 44” whichever is greater. 6. A 60” maneuvering circle must be provide at each Mobility Aid Seating Location to insure that the passenger can maneuver the wheelchair into the seating location. The circle may overlap the aisle, Mobility Aid Seating Location and other maneuvering locations. The purpose of the maneuvering circle is to ensure that a passenger can turn to face their desired direction of travel and exit the Mobility Aid Seating Location toward the door in which they entered the vehicle. 7. Overlap of clear path between cars. Safety devices for use by railroad crews are often located at the ends of cars and in som e cases such as lever type hand b rakes, have geometric dimensions and locations that are critical to safe operation particularly during emergencies. Once such device is the lever type hand

- brake that has a maximum pivot height determined by other governing bodies. As a result:

a. Protrusions into the clear aisle /doorway between cars must be at least 34” above the floor of the vehicle and may protrude no more than 4”