[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR37.103]

[Page 397-398]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 37_TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES (ADA)
--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart E_Acquisition of Accessible Vehicles by Private Entities
 
Sec.  37.103  Purchase or lease of new non-rail vehicles by private entities 
primarily engaged in the business of transporting people.

    (a) Application. This section applies to all acquisitions of new 
vehicles by private entities which are primarily engaged in the business 
of transporting people and whose operations affect commerce, in which a 
solicitation for the vehicle is made (except as provided in paragraph 
(d) of this section) after August 25, 1990.
    (b) Fixed route systems. If the entity operates a fixed route 
system, and purchases or leases a new vehicle other than an automobile, 
a van with a seating capacity of less than eight persons (including the 
driver), or an over-the-road bus, it shall ensure that the vehicle is 
readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, 
including individuals who use wheelchairs.
    (c) Demand responsive systems. If the entity operates a demand 
responsive system, and purchases or leases a new vehicle other than an 
automobile, a van with a seating capacity of less than eight persons 
(including the driver), or an over-the-road bus, it shall ensure that 
the vehicle is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with 
disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, unless the 
system, when viewed in its entirety, meets the standard for equivalent 
service of Sec.  37.105 of this part.
    (d) Vans with a capacity of fewer than 8 persons. If the entity 
operates either a fixed route or demand responsive system, and purchases 
or leases a new van with a seating capacity of fewer than eight persons 
including the driver (the solicitation for the vehicle being made

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after February 25, 1992), the entity shall ensure that the vehicle is 
readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, 
including individuals who use wheelchairs, unless the system, when 
viewed in its entirety, meets the standard for equivalent service of 
Sec.  37.105 of this part.