Regulations last checked for updates: May 02, 2024

Title 49 - Transportation last revised: Apr 29, 2024
§ 38.79 - Floors, steps and thresholds.

(a) Floor surfaces on aisles, step treads, places for standees, and areas where wheelchair and mobility aid users are to be accommodated shall be slip-resistant.

(b) All thresholds and step edges shall have a band of color(s) running the full width of the step or threshold which contrasts from the step tread and riser or adjacent floor, either light-on-dark or dark-on-light.

source: 56 FR 45756, Sept. 6, 1991, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 49 CFR 38.79