36 CFR 1192.105

§ 1192.105 Priority seating signs.

United States · 36 CFR — Parks, Forests, and Public Property · Status: effective

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Citation: 36 CFR 1192.105, § 1192.105 Priority seating signs, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/160884
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(a) Each car 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) 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.

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.