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Use of Rear-Facing Position for Common Wheelchairs on Transit Buses (2003)

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Suggested Citation:"TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2003." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2003. Use of Rear-Facing Position for Common Wheelchairs on Transit Buses. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21951.
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TCRP OVERSIGHT AND PROJECT SELECTION COMMITTEE (Membership as of October 2003) CHAIR J. BARRY BARKER Transit Authority of River City MEMBERS DANNY ALVAREZ Miami–Dade Transit Agency KAREN ANTION Karen Antion Consulting GORDON AOYAGI Montgomery County Government RONALD L. BARNES Central Ohio Transit Authority LINDA J. BOHLINGER, HNTB Corp. ANDREW BONDS, JR. Parsons Transportation Group, Inc. JENNIFER L. DORN Federal Transit Administration NATHANIEL P. FORD, SR. Metropolitan Atlanta RTA CONSTANCE GARBER York County Community Action Corp. FRED M. GILLIAM Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority KIM R. GREEN GFI GENFARE SHARON GREENE Sharon Greene & Associates JILL A. HOUGH North Dakota State University ROBERT H. IRWIN BC Transit CELIA G. KUPERSMITH Golden Gate Bridge, Hwy. & Transport. Dist. PAUL J. LARROUSSE National Transit Institute DAVID A. LEE Connecticut Transit CLARENCE W. MARSELLA Denver Regional Transportation District FAYE M. MOORE Southeastern Penn. Transportation Authority STEPHANIE L. PINSON Gilbert Tweed Associates, Inc. ROBERT H. PRINCE, JR. DMJM+HARRIS JEFFREY M. ROSENBERG Amalgamated Transit Union RICHARD J. SIMONETTA pbConsult PAUL P. SKOUTELAS Port Authority of Allegheny County LINDA S. WATSON Corpus Christi RTA EX OFFICIO MEMBERS WILLIAM W. MILLAR APTA MARY E. PETERS FHWA JOHN C. HORSLEY AASHTO ROBERT E. SKINNER, JR. Transportation Research Board TDC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LOUIS F. SANDERS APTA SECRETARY ROBERT J. REILLY TRB TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2003 (Membership as of October 2003) OFFICERS Chair: GENEVIEVE GIULIANO, Director, Metrans Transportation Center, and Professor, School of Policy, Planning, and Development,University of Southern California Vice Chairman: MICHAEL S. TOWNES, President and CEO, Hampton Roads Transit, Hampton, VA, Executive Director: ROBERT E. SKINNER, JR., Transportation Research Board MEMBERS MICHAEL W. BEHRENS, Executive Director, Texas DOT JOSEPH H. BOARDMAN, Commissioner, New York State DOT SARAH C. CAMPBELL, President, TransManagement, Inc., Washington, DC E. DEAN CARLSON, President, Carlson Associates, Topeka, KS JOANNE F. CASEY, President, Intermodal Association of North America, Greenbelt, MD JAMES C. CODELL III, Secretary, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet JOHN L. CRAIG, Director, Nebraska Department of Roads BERNARD S. GROSECLOSE, JR., President and CEO, South Carolina State Ports Authority SUSAN HANSON, Landry University Professor of Geography, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University LESTER A. HOEL, L.A. Lacy Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Virginia HENRY L. HUNGERBEELER, Director, Missouri DOT ADIB K. KANAFANI, Cahill Professor and Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Berkeley RONALD F. KIRBY, Director of Transportation Planning, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments HERBERT S. LEVINSON, Principal, Herbert S. Levinson Transportation Consultant, New Haven, CT MICHAEL D. MEYER, Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology JEFF P. MORALES, Director of Transportation, California DOT KAM MOVASSAGHI, Secretary of Transportation, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development CAROL A. MURRAY, Commissioner, New Hampshire DOT DAVID PLAVIN, President, Airports Council International, Washington, DC JOHN REBENSDORF, Vice President, Network and Service Planning, Union Pacific Railroad Company, Omaha, NE CATHERINE L. ROSS, Harry West Chair of Quality Growth and Regional Development, College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology JOHN M. SAMUELS, Senior Vice President, Operations Planning and Support, Norfolk Southern Corporation PAUL P. SKOUTELAS, CEO, Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA MARTIN WACHS, Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California at Berkeley MICHAEL W. WICKHAM, Chairman, Roadway Corporation, Akron, OH EX OFFICIO MEMBERS MARION C. BLAKEY, Federal Aviation Administrator, U.S. DOT SAMUEL G. BONASSO, Acting Administrator, Research and Special Programs Administration, U.S. DOT REBECCA M. BREWSTER, President and COO, American Transportation Research Institute, Smyrna, GA GEORGE BUGLIARELLO, Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Engineering THOMAS H. COLLINS, (Adm., U.S. Coast Guard) Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard JENNIFER L. DORN, Federal Transit Administrator, U.S. DOT ROBERT B. FLOWERS (Lt. Gen., U.S. Army), Chief of Engineers and Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers EDWARD R. HAMBERGER, President and CEO, Association of American Railroads JOHN C. HORSLEY, Executive Director, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ROGER L. KING, Chief Applications Technologist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration ROBERT S. KIRK, Director, Office of Advanced Automotive Technologies, U.S. Department of Energy RICK KOWALEWSKI, Acting Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. DOT WILLIAM W. MILLAR, President, American Public Transportation Association MARY E. PETERS, Federal Highway Administrator, U.S. DOT SUZANNE RUDZINSKI, Director, Transportation and Regional Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency JEFFREY W. RUNGE, National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator, U.S. DOT ALLAN RUTTER, Federal Railroad Administrator, U.S. DOT ANNETTE M. SANDBERG, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator, U.S. DOT WILLIAM G. SCHUBERT, Maritime Administration, U.S. DOT TRANSIT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM Transportation Research Board Executive Committee Subcommittee for TCRP GENEVIEVE GIULIANO, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (Chair) E. DEAN CARLSON, Carlson Associates, Topeka, KS JENNIFER L. DORN, Federal Transit Administration, U.S. DOT LESTER A. HOEL, University of Virginia WILLIAM W. MILLAR, American Public Transportation Association ROBERT E. SKINNER, JR., Transportation Research Board PAUL P. SKOUTELAS, Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA MICHAEL S. TOWNES, Hampton Roads Transit, Hampton, VA

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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 50: Use of Rear-Facing Position for Common Wheelchairs on Transit Buses describes the international state of the practice with respect to use of the rear-facing position for accommodating “common wheelchairs” (as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act) on large transit buses (more than 30,000 lbs) and identifies pertinent issues related to its transferability to the U.S. context.

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