All rapid commuter and light rail systems, including Amtrak, must have at least one accessible car per train. Purchase or lease orders for new passenger rail cars must be for accessible coaches that have an accessible restroom. To the maximum extent possible, remanufactured rail coaches must be accessible if the rebuilding extends coach-life for 10 years or more. New York State Human Rights Law, Civil Rights Law, Transportation Law, and Building Code contain similar requirements. Goods, services, and accommodations must be offered in the most appropriate, integrated setting.
Requirements apply to newly altered facilities.
Except shopping centers and professional healthcare providers' offices, elevators are not required in buildings less than three stories or less than 3,000 square feet per story. Factors to be considered include the nature and the cost of the structural modification, and the size, financial resources and type of business. If the barrier cannot be removed readily, the goods or services must be made available through alternate methods. Also discriminatory is failure to reasonably modify policies, practices and procedures that would allow individuals with disabilities equal access and opportunity to goods, services, or privileges. Demand-response systems must meet the same requirements, or services must be equivalent to those offered to the general public.