36 CFR § 1192.55 - Priority seating signs.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t36/s1192.55"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "36 CFR § 1192.55 - Priority seating signs."
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "1192.55"
section_name: "Priority seating signs."
chapter_name: "ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD"
part_number: "1192"
part_name: "AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES FOR TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "29 U.S.C. 792 (b) (3); 42 U.S.C. 12204."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 45558, Sept. 6, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1192"
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# 1192.55 Priority seating signs.

(a) Each vehicle shall contain sign(s) which indicate that certain seats are priority seats for persons with disabilities, and that other passengers should make such seats available to those who wish to use them.

(b) Characters on signs required by paragraph (a) of this section shall have a width-to-height ratio between 3:5 and 1:1 and a stroke width-to-height ratio between 1:5 and 1:10, with a minimum character height (using an upper case “X”) of 
5/8 inch, with “Wide” spacing (generally, the space between letters shall be 
1/16 the height of upper case letters), and shall contrast with the background, either light-on-dark or dark-on-light.