Seating Accommodations

Seat Assignment Criteria

Under the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA), airlines are required to provide certain seating accommodations to passengers with disabilities who self-identify as needing to sit in a certain seat. If you are a passenger with one of the disability-related needs listed below and...

Wheelchair and Guided Assistance

Assistance at the Airport

When a passenger with a disability requests assistance from an airline to move through the airport, the airline is required to promptly provide the requested assistance. This assistance may be guide assistance for an individual who is blind or wheelchair...

Wheelchairs and Other Assistive Devices

What is an Assistive Device?

An assistive device is any piece of equipment that assists a passenger with a disability in coping with the effects of his or her disability. These devices are intended to assist passengers with a disability to hear, see, communicate, maneuver, or perform...

New Frontiers in Connected Vehicle Technologies: A Testbed for Validating Connectivity, Data Analytics, Cybersecurity, and Automation

The Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility (C2M2), headquartered at Clemson University, began conducting research in 2016 by utilizing and enhancing the functionalities of the Clemson University Connected Vehicle Testbed (CU-CVT).

CU-CVT includes heterogeneous...

DOT Headquarters Library

The US DOT Library offers an array of desktop digital resources, research assistance, and interlibrary loan services to US DOT Headquarters staff. Please visit us at W12-120 (right off the DOT HQ New Jersey Avenue lobby) to speak with a librarian or use our on-site computer terminals to...