ADA Transition Plan

The American’s with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 was signed into the law July 26, 1990. The ADA elevated the civil rights protection of people with disabilities to the same level as those protections in place based on race, color, sex, religion and national origin provided through the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The ADA required public entities with more than 50 employees to develop a transition plan by July 26, 1992. The Public Works Department is updating its Transition Plan to include public right-of-way specific to the department and is fulfilling this important obligation now. The Transition Plan must identify all structural modifications that are necessary to public facilities to ensure that programs, services and activities are accessible to people with different abilities. This Transition Plan will identify the steps that we must take to complete the modifications within the Department of Public Works sphere of responsibility and the estimated date the modifications will be complete.

Public Works has jurisdiction over streets and walkways in the City, and therefore must include in this Transition Plan the schedule for accessibility standards related to infrastructure. This plan addresses pedestrian curb ramps, appropriate access to right-of-way, accessible pedestrian traffic signals and vertical connections throughout the City.

• View the ADA Transition Plan (2013)