Road Access for Disabled Americans

Department of Transportation

The Department of Transportation has been charged with enforcing "traffic management" ADA compliance since 1991. Since that time, the DOT has been researching, recommending and funding the installation of speed humps on public roads. Here's the address for the people entrusted with ensuring we have equal access to our communities.

Office of the General Counsel, ADA Enforcement
Department of Transportation
400 - 7th Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20590

ADA Information Line

• Phone: (202) 366-4648
• DOT telephone directory

Hotlist of speed hump related DOT pages

• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • Quote from DOT Policy February 1997:
    "Encourage States and local governments to increase the use of physical speed management and perceptual techniques (i.e., speed humps, rumble strips, pavement markings) in locations where speed has been shown to pose a serious hazard."
  • NHSTA give glowing report of speed humps and traffic circles (page 5 of 6)
  • Sacramento California's NTMP
• Federal Highway Administration
  • FHWA organization chart
  • Speed humps recommended
  • Civil Rights implications of ISTEA
• Federal Transit Administration
  • Civil Rights information (includes ADA)
• The text of the Americans with Disabilites Act

Interesting quotes

• Pain in the butt, FW hops headlong into the speed-hump race, but do the things work?
  Regina G. Purcell, Fort Worth Weekly, April 20, 2000
  "Suzanne Stack of the U.S. Federal Highway Administration said traffic-calming devices have been studied, piloted and utilized in the U.S., Europe and South Africa. She said the speed hump solution only leads to one problem: traffic diversion."

• ADA Enforcement
  "§35.190 Designated agencies."
  "(b) The Federal agencies listed in paragraph (b)(1)-(8) of this section shall have responsibility for the implementation of subpart F of this part for components of State and local governments that exercise responsibilities, regulate, or administer services, programs, or activities in the following functional areas."
  "(8) Department of Transportation: all programs, services, and regulatory activities relating to transportation, including highways, public transportation, traffic management (non-law enforcement), automobile licensing and inspection, and driver licensing."

© Rada Project, 1998, 2000
July 4, 1998 / last update: May 3, 2000 (Version 1.b)