Opinion ID: 618113
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Specified Public Transportation Services

Text: Title III of the ADA prohibits private entit[ies] that [are] primarily engaged in the business of transporting people from discriminating on the basis of disability in the provision of specified public transportation services. 42 U.S.C. § 12184(a). [6] The statute defines specified public transportation as transportation by bus, rail, or any other conveyance ( other than by aircraft ) that provides the general public with general or special service (including charter service) on a regular and continuing basis. 42 U.S.C. § 12181(10) (emphasis added). Air carriers are not liable under this section for disability discrimination in the provision of services related to air transportation. In this case, Lopez cannot state a claim under § 12184(a) because the alleged discrimination occurred in the provision of services related to air transportation, and thus she did not experience discrimination in the full and equal enjoyment of specified public transportation services.  Id. § 12184(a) (emphasis added).