---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 37.215"
title: "49"
number: "37.215"
heading: "Review of requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/37.215"
---

# §37.215. Review of requirements.

- (a) Beginning October 28, 2005, the Department will review the requirements of [§ 37.189](/cfr/49/37.189.md) and their implementation. The Department will complete this review by October 30, 2006.
  - (1) As part of this review, the Department will consider factors including, but not necessarily limited to, the following:
    - (i) The percentage of accessible buses in the demand-responsive fleets of large and small demand-responsive operators.
    - (ii) The success of small and large demand-responsive operators' service at meeting the requests of passengers with disabilities for accessible buses in a timely manner.
    - (iii) **The ridership of small and large operators' demand-responsive service by passengers with disabilities.**
    - (iv) **The volume of complaints by passengers with disabilities.**
    - (v) Cost and service impacts of implementation of the requirements of [§ 37.189](/cfr/49/37.189.md).
  - (2) The Department will make one of the following decisions on the basis of the review:
    - (i) Retain [§ 37.189](/cfr/49/37.189.md) without change; or
    - (ii) Modify the requirements of [§ 37.189](/cfr/49/37.189.md) for large and/or small demand-responsive operators.
- (b) Beginning October 30, 2006, the Department will review the requirements of §§ [37.183](/cfr/49/37.183.md), [37.185](/cfr/49/37.185.md), [37.187](/cfr/49/37.187.md), [37.191](/cfr/49/37.191.md) and [37.193(a)](/cfr/49/37.193.md?p=a) and their implementation. The Department will complete this review by October 29, 2007.
  - (1) As part of this review, the Department will consider factors including, but not necessarily limited to, the following:
    - (i) **The percentage of accessible buses in the fixed-route fleets of large and small fixed-route operators.**
    - (ii) The success of small and large fixed-route operators' interim or equivalent service at meeting the requests of passengers with disabilities for accessible buses in a timely manner.
    - (iii) **The ridership of small and large operators' fixed-route service by passengers with disabilities.**
    - (iv) **The volume of complaints by passengers with disabilities.**
    - (v) **Cost and service impacts of implementation of the requirements of these sections.**
  - (2) The Department will make one of the following decisions on the basis of the review:
    - (i) Retain §§ [37.183](/cfr/49/37.183.md), [37.185](/cfr/49/37.185.md), [37.187](/cfr/49/37.187.md), [37.191](/cfr/49/37.191.md), [37.193(a)](/cfr/49/37.193.md?p=a) without change; or
    - (ii) Modify the requirements of §§ [37.183](/cfr/49/37.183.md), [37.185](/cfr/49/37.185.md), [37.187](/cfr/49/37.187.md), [37.191](/cfr/49/37.191.md), [37.193(a)](/cfr/49/37.193.md?p=a) for large and/or small fixed-route operators.

## 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.