Here's the almost complete agreement. Paragraphs 12 through 16 are misnumbered, which is confusing.
Full text of the 11/18/20 settlement agreement between the United States and Amtrak resolving accessibility of intercity railway system for people with disabilities and title ii
www.ada.gov
This... changes very little -- except that Amtrak now has to file yearly DOJ reports on its progress to see whether it's meeting milestones for catching up with its obligations. That might actually make a substantial difference.
They have until the end of 2022 to do *full* ADA assessments at every station or DOJ will go after them again.
The $2.25 million fund is for people who were unable to board or get off at a particular list of stations, which oddly does not include North Philadelphia.
There is a procedure for filing ADA complaints and Amtrak is required to handle them properly now. Hmm. I may have one to make after my next trip.
"Exhibit 1" contains the official 24 top priority stations, the ones which had severe impediments to mobility when the DOJ filed suit. Amtrak is supposed to continue to work on other stations after that (since many stations have smaller ADA problems even after it's possible to get on and off the train in a wheelchair).
This is *almost* a superset of the ones I've been listing -- some of them have largely been fixed, such as Paoli and Marshall.
The only two I've been tracking which are not on the priority list of 24 are Deming, NM and Downingtown, PA. Deming, with no platform, might still be classified as a flag stop and probably was left out of the lawsuit for that reason. Downingtown, I don't know -- it should be on the list, it's definitely inaccessible and not a flag stop.
I'm rechecking some of them, since Amtrak still hasn't listed Thurmond, WV on its website as having an accessible platform, for example. I suspect some of this is due to failure to update the website. However, it looks like Thurmond needs a new platform and Amtrak and the National Park Service have a project for that, so I guess it should go back on the unfinished list.
web.archive.org
I also got a little ahead of myself on Middletown PA and Ardmore PA; in both cases, the current station is inaccessible but the new one is actually under construction and should open soon (August 2021 for Middletown, early 2022 for Ardmore).
Exhibit 1 stations:
GSC | Glenwood Springs | CO |
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NRK | Newark | DE |
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TCA | Toccoa | GA |
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CRF | Crawfordsville | IN |
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ABE | Aberdeen | MD |
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HAZ | Hazlehurst | MS |
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PIC | Picayune | MS |
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ELK | Elko | NV |
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GAS | Gastonia | NC |
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COT | Coatesville | PA |
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LAB | Latrobe | PA |
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MJY | Mount Joy | PA |
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PAO | Paoli | PA |
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PAR | Parkesburg | PA |
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PHN | Philadelphia - North | PA |
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TYR | Tyrone | PA |
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WLY | Westerly | RI |
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MHL | Marshall | TX |
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SND | Sanderson | TX |
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ASD | Ashland | VA |
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CLF | Clifton Forge | VA |
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ALD | Alderson | WV |
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HFY | Harpers Ferry | WV |
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THN | Thurmond | WV |
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