---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 37.185"
title: "49"
number: "37.185"
heading: "Fleet accessibility requirement for OTRB fixed-route systems of large operators."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/37.185"
---

# §37.185. Fleet accessibility requirement for OTRB fixed-route systems of large operators.


Each large operator subject to the requirements of [§ 37.183](/cfr/49/37.183.md) shall ensure that—

- (a) By October 30, 2006 no less than 50 percent of the buses in its fleet with which it provides fixed-route service are readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs.
- (b) By October 29, 2012, 100 percent of the buses in its fleet with which it provides fixed-route service are readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs.
- (c) **Request for time extension.** An operator may apply to the Secretary for a time extension of the fleet accessibility deadlines of this section. If he or she grants the request, the Secretary sets a specific date by which the operator must meet the fleet accessibility requirement. In determining whether to grant such a request, the Secretary considers the following factors:
  - (1) Whether the operator has purchased or leased, since October 30, 2000, enough new OTRBs to replace 50 percent of the OTRBs with which it provides fixed-route service by October 30, 2006 or 100 percent of such OTRBs by October 29, 2012;
  - (2) Whether the operator has purchased or leased, between October 28, 1998 and October 30, 2000, a number of new inaccessible OTRBs significantly exceeding the number of buses it would normally obtain in such a period;
  - (3) The compliance with all requirements of this part by the operator over the period between October 28, 1998 and the request for time extension.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 63 FR 51690, Sept. 28, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12101-12213; 49 U.S.C. 322.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 45621, Sept. 6, 1991, unless otherwise noted.