The U.S. Access Board has released new chapters of its online guide to accessibility standards under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Architectural Barriers Act.

This guide features a series of technical bulletins covering requirements for accessible routes in Chapter 4 of the ADA and ABA Standards, including doors and gates, ramps and curb ramps, and elevators and platform lifts. There is also a bulletin on referenced requirements for accessible means of egress. The documents explain and illustrate requirements in the standards, answer common questions, and offer best practice recommendations.

These bulletins join those released last year when the Board launched the online guide. The first installment provides guidance covering the first three chapters of the standards, including application and use of the standards, scoping in new construction, alterations, and additions, and basic “building block” technical provisions.

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