Accessibility

Design guidance

For designers

• Agency ADA Standards (PDF)
• ADA Project Design Guide Memo (PDF)
• ADA Project Design Guide (PDF)
• ADA Technical Memo (PDF)
• Curb Ramp Guidelines (PDF)
• Draft Guidance for Accessibility at Signalized Intersections (PDF)
• Walkable Shoulders (PDF)
• PROWAG BUILDING ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS & TAX CREDIT INFORMATION (Word)
  

For project managers

• ADA Design Process (PDF)
• ADA P6 Activities Description (PDF)
• ADA Project Development Process (PDF)
• Pedestrian Infrastructure Web Map - Public Release (arcgis.com)

Checklist / Submittals

Guidance

• ADA Plan Review Checklist Guidance (PDF)
• ADA Design Memo Guidance (PDF)

Checklists

• Plan Review Checklist #1 (PDF)
• Plan Review Checklist #2 (PDF)
• SharePoint: ADA Design Memo

Instructions to log into ADA SharePoint site (PDF)

Check ADA Checklist, Project Compliance and Design Memo submittal status: ADA Submittal Status (SharePoint)

Scoping

• ADA curb ramp survey needs (PDF) 

Standard plans and details

• Curb Ramp Standard Plan 5-297.250 (PDF)
• Sidewalk and Driveway Standard Plan 5-297.254 (PDF)
• Pedestrian push button station detail (PDF)
• Signal plan guidance (PDF) 

Standard plates

• 7038A detectable warning surface truncated domes (PDF) 
• ADA Grate Inlet Casting Standard Plate 4155 (PDF)

Design Support

• Standard legend for all level 2 or 3 (DGN)
• Standard legend for all level 2 or 3 (PDF)

Example plans

• ADA quantity tabulation (PDF)
• Level 1 ADA general layout (PDF)
• Level 1 temporary easement detail sheet (PDF)
• Level 2 and 3 ADA intersection detail sheets (PDF)
• Sample calculations for Level 3 design (PDF)
• Reconstruction ADA plan details (PDF)

Special provisions

• Prosecution of work - special project ADA requirements (Word)
• Special provisions for ADA pay items (Word) 

Design scene

• Chapter 3 ADA (PDF)
• Example ADA Tabulation (Excel)

Accessibility standards

• Public Right of Way Accessibility Guidelines - PROWAG (PDF)
• DOJ/DOT Joint Technical Assistance on the Title II of the ADA Act Requirements to Provide Curb Ramps when Streets, Roads, or Highways are Altered through Resurfacing
• Public Rights of Way - PROW (Not adopted by MnDOT)
  
• 2010 ADA standards for accessible design
• Accessibility guidelines for outdoor developed areas
• ADA design process- Kaizen report (WMV) 
• Accessible Parking Spaces

Traffic control

• Minnesota Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)
• Temporary pedestrian access routes

Right of way and surveys

• Temporary easement streamlined acquisition process (PDF) 
• Right-of-way Survey Advisory Committee presentation (PDF)
• ADA survey workshop (PDF)

Training presentations

• ADA Curb Ramp and Sidewalk/Driveway Standard Plans (PPT)
• ADA overview (PDF)
• ADA Standard Plans and Pay Items (PDF)
• Design Engineer Workshop (PDF)
• Preparing curb ramp projects (PDF)
• Signal Certification (PDF)

MnDOT ADA Design Certification

• The Importance of ADA (PDF)
  Importance of ADA (video presentation)
• Standard Plans (PDF)
  Standard Plans (video presentation)
• Accessible Pedestrian Signal APS (PDF)
  Accessible Pedestrian Signal APS (video presentation)
• Outside In Design (PDF)
  Outside In Design (video presentation)
• Design Case Studies (PDF)
  Design Case Studies (video presentation)
• Project Scoping and Design Requirements (PDF)
  Project Scoping and Design Requirements (video presentation)