This section contains amendments from September 28,
1998.
37.201 Intermediate and rest stops.
(a) Whenever an OTRB makes an intermediate or rest stop, a passenger
with a disability, including an individual using a wheelchair, shall be
permitted to leave and return to the bus on the same basis as other
passengers. The operator shall ensure that assistance is provided to
passengers with disabilities as needed to enable the passenger to get
on and off the bus at the stop (e.g., operate the lift and provide
assistance with securement; provide other boarding assistance if
needed, as in the case of a wheelchair user who has transferred to a
vehicle seat because other wheelchair users occupied all securement
locations).
(b) If an OTRB operator owns, leases, or controls the facility at which
a rest or intermediate stop is made, or if an OTRB operator contracts
with the person who owns, leases, or controls such a facility to
provide rest stop services, the OTRB operator shall ensure the facility
complies fully with applicable requirements of the Americans
with Disabilities Act.
(c) If an OTRB equipped with an inaccessible restroom is making an
express run of three hours or more without a rest stop, and a passenger
with a disability who is unable to use the inaccessible restroom
requests an unscheduled rest stop, the operator shall make a good faith
effort to accommodate the request. The operator is not required to make
the stop. However, if the operator does not make the stop, the operator
shall explain to the passenger making the request the reason for its
decision not to do so.