ODOT ADA Settlement Agreement & Transition Plan

1. PTAC Meeting • 9 September 2019 ODOT ADA Settlement Agreement & Transition Plan Lisa Strader/ADA Program Julie Wilcke/Disability Workgroup Chair

2. https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/impacts/oregon.htmlhttps://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/impacts/oregon.html

3. Happy 29th ADA

4. ADA Lawsuit alleged that ODOT: Did not address curb ramps when we triggered. Did not construct them compliantly Had inaccessible and non-compliant pedestrian signals Did not provide adequate accessible routes through work zones Inconsistent communication and outreach. Did not consistently address and track public concerns

5. Settlement Agreement

6. Settlement Agreement & PTAC • Section 27. Education & Outreach • Requires public meetings to educate & inform public • ODOT work under the agreement • Plans for work • Alternate route plans • Remediation Priorities • Comment Question Concern & Request Process • Public Transportation Advisory Committee identified

7. ADA Transition Plan • Full program access • Legal requirements • Identify/inventory barriers • Methods to remove barriers • Identify budget • Schedule to implement All public agencies with 50+ people are required to have a Transition Plan ODOT actions under the Settlement Agreement also meet some requirements of the Transition Plan

8. What Is Full Program Access? Buildings Documents & Forms Transportation System Communications Employment Meetings Testing

9. Is the most common type of disability. Mobility ODOT is committed to provide full program and transportation system access to all users.

10. Planning/Scoping/Selecting Projects ODOT is changing how it does: Design Outreach & Communications Working with Local Agencies Construction Maintenance & Operations

11. Standards PROWAG ODOT Standards ADAAG

12. Local Agency Use ODOT Standards If ANY of these exist • Must use ODOT Standards • Standard drawings, construction specs • Design every curb ramp, put ‘detail’ in plans • Curb ramp design checklist, CR design exception process • Curb Ramp Inspection Form (Inspector pay note inventory) • Direction on pedestrian signal push button location placement • Temporary Pedestrian Accessible Route Plans Work is on or along State Highway System ODOT’s name on contract State or federal funding through ODOT included https://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Engineering/DOCS_ADA/ADA-Curb-Ramp-Process.pdf

14. Picture of street crossing with diagonal ramps on each corner. The path of travel is straight for a person who can step off the curb. For a person using the curb ramps it is down the curb ramp toward the center of the intersection, back to the crosswalk, back toward the center of the intersection and up the receiving curb ramp. Two curb ramps per corner are required unless impracticable 14

15. Clear Space Examples Photo of a curb ramp sitting so skewed with the crosswalk the clear space is outside of the markings and in the path of vehicular travel Photo of a curb ramp that is half outside of the crosswalk alignment 15

16. ClearSpace – Why Does It Matter? Photo of a man struggling to up a curb ramp and turn onto the adjacent sidewalk without a turning space. Photo of a man leaning forward as he tries to navigate the compound slope of a curb ramp without a turning space. 16

17. Updated Settlement Agreement Inventory [1] Missing curb ramps are a subset of “Poor” and are included in the count of “Poor” curb ramps.

18. Good

19. Fair

20. Poor

21. Missing

22. Range of Poor

23. Compliance Timeline

24. Getting into Production

25. Production Targets Ramp Construction Volumes 1,800 1,200 1,800 526 PROGRAM 5,326 32 6 1,888 2,200 1,400 500 2,222 654 906 2,288 2,600 1,800 8048

27. ODOT ADA Project Development Approach Current Guidelines Pilot Program • Design • 3 Dimensional • Survey • Design • Detailed Plans • Construction • Deliver what is in the detailed plans • Design • 2 Dimensional • Plan set • Standard drawing • 2D details • Construction • Field fit • Program advisors Level of Effort

28. 2020 Projects

29. Pedestrian Signals • Completing when triggered • No compliance schedule yet

30. Accessible Route Progress • Project notifications to CILs prior to construction • Responsive to needed adjustments from system users • Field review with Accessibility Consultant • Regular Resource Meetings for ODOT staff & consultants • Presentation of good & bad designs to several ODOT audiences

31. CQCR Progress

32. 2019 – 2020 Efforts • Continuing internal and external presentations • Updating training • Addressing CQCRs • Accessibility consultant involvement • Scoping for all curb ramps in Regions 3, 4, 5 • Curb ramp remediation in region STIP projects • Curb ramp remediation in other projects • Design pilots in Lakeview, Union, Enterprise +

33. Settlement Agreement & PTAC, Part II • Section 26. Transportation Remediation • Agreement that mitigation of transportation barriers for people with disabilities is important • Identifies that ODOT will request PTAC to add AOCIL member • PTAC did • Identifies that ODOT will request PTAC establish disability workgroup • PTAC did • Identifies 6 items workgroup will address

34. PTAC ADA Workgroup • Current Members • Tony Ellis – Region 3 • Eugene Organ- Region 2, Eugene • Curtis Raines - Region 4 • Blake Vaughan – Region 1 • John Ahlen – new - Region 2, Eugene • Tim Wilson – new Region 2, Silverton • Julie Wilcke Pilmer – Chair – Region 1 • Meeting schedule and PTAC updates • Monthly meetings • Quarterly progress reports to PTAC

35. PTAC ADA Workgroup • 2019 Work Plan • Complete South Lanes case study - Settlement Charge #5 • Develop a toolkit of ADA Best Practice Concepts. • Toolkit sections • Transit Stops - Priority • General Operational (training, etc,) • Service and Funding • Marketing and Targeted Branding • Accessible Vehicles • Standards – US Access Board and ODOT Highway Design Manual • Developing beyond ADA promising practices

36. PTAC ADA Workgroup • Surveys • Transit Providers • ODOT, RTCs, PTAC Executive Committee • Consumer • Final to be reviewed by Committee • Outreach plan – CILS, RTC, OTA, • Conference, • PTAC members

37. PTAC ADA Workgroup • Workgroup Member Recruitment • Consumer outreach, seven letters of interest received • Two new members– scheduled times to discuss interest and commitment and on boarded • Five additional interested – Contacting to determine level of engagement and ask clarifying questions • Continue to actively pursue Region 5 consumer member

38. Questions ?