---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 38.1"
title: "49"
number: "38.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/38.1"
---

# §38.1. Purpose.


This part provides minimum guidelines and requirements for accessibility standards in [part 37 of this title](/cfr/49/part37.md) for transportation vehicles required to be accessible by the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 ([42 U.S.C. 1201](/usc/42/1201.md) et seq.).


## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 56 FR 45756, Sept. 6, 1991, unless otherwise noted.