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Illinois Department of Transportation

Accessibility

The Illinois Department of Transportation is committed to eliminating and remedying unlawful discrimination in employment and in the delivery of services, through the development of policies and programs regarding civil rights in the state transportation arena. It is our goal to ensure that employment opportunities and transportation programs, activities and services are provided in a non-discriminatory manner.

IDOT is actively engaged in a series of initiatives, employs investigative strategies and develops and implements equal employment opportunity and affirmative action programs in accordance with state and federal law to ensure that we reach our goals.

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Providing accessible transportation in Illinois

IDOT's ADA Transition Plan

IDOT’s Americans with Disabilities Act Transition Plan serves as a guide to further IDOT’s vision, guiding principles and goals of making Illinois transportation systems accessible to all.

Policy

Design Guidance

IDOT ADA Design Standards

  • 424001 Perpendicular Curb Ramps
  • 424006 Diagonal Curb Ramps
  • 424011 Corner Parallel Curb Ramps
  • 424016 Mid-Block Curb Ramps
  • 424021 Depressed Corner
  • 424026 Entrance Alley Pedestrian Crossings
  • 424031 Median Pedestrian Crossings

Where a facility cannot be made fully compliant, the designer must complete a Maximum Extent Practicable (BDE Form 3101) discussing barriers to full compliance, and alternatives designs considered.

State Design Guidelines

Illinois Accessibility Code

Federal Design Guidelines

Construction Guidance

Contact us

Illinois Department of Transportation

ADA Policy Contact

2300 S Dirksen Parkway, Room 300

Springfield, IL  62764-0001

217-557-1654

Accessibility Request

If you have concerns regarding sidewalks, curb ramps, crosswalks, pedestrian traffic signals or other services within the public right of way, please fill out our ADA complaint form or contact the ADA Policy person above.

Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act requires employers with 15 or more employees to provide qualified individuals with disabilities an equal opportunity to benefit from the full range of employment-related opportunities available to others. For example, it prohibits discrimination in recruitment, hiring, promotions, training, pay, social activities and other privileges of employment. It restricts questions that can be asked about an applicant's disability before a job offer is made, and it requires that employers make reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities unless it results in undue hardship. Religious entities with 15 or more employees are covered under title I.

Employees and/or applicants with employment issues should complete the Title I complaint form listed below.

Title II of Americans with Disabilities Act requires that an individual with a disability not be denied the opportunity to participate in any government program, service or activity because a public entity's facilities are inaccessible. Section 504 is also applicable if federal financial assistance in involved. 

IDOT provides special accommodations to individuals with a disability at all public meetings. Requests for special accommodations should be made as soon as possible but at least six days prior to the scheduled meeting.

Contact information for special accommodations varies from event to event. 

The public right of way is a complex space serving multiple users and functions. The sidewalk and street crossing network is the basic unit of pedestrian mobility and its surfaces support all of us — from children to elders — in any weather. Private, transit and commercial vehicles vie with pedestrians for the right of way. All modes of travel, including motor vehicles, rail transit and bike and pedestrian traffic share time and space at intersections.

Our extensive system of roads is constantly being improved. The vast majority of work in the public right of way is reconstruction and alteration work, not new construction. The bulk of public works funds are used to maintain and to make changes in those existing environments, rather than to create new facilities. Each altered element must be accessible to and usable by people who have disabilities, to the maximum extent feasible.

IDOT is committed to making Illinois accessible to everyone and to increasing awareness about accessibility in the public right of way in Illinois.