Top Ten Alleged Construction-Related Disability Access Violations January through June 2024

Rank

Violation Description

Total Selected

1

Parking: Existing spaces are non-compliant (e.g., excessive slopes/cross-slopes, improper dimensions, striping, etc.).

1,122

2

Path of Travel- Exterior: Routes to and from parking lot or public right of way are not accessible (e.g., non-compliant surfaces, excessive slope/cross-slope, lack of detectable warnings, not protected from traffic, etc.).

751

3

Parking: Designated accessible directional and/or parking signage is missing or non-compliant.

700

4

Websites: Text alternatives were not provided for non-text content on website. (e.g., alt text for images and form buttons were not provided, text labels for form inputs were not provided, etc.)

652

5

Access to Goods, Support, Services and Equipment: Surface heights and space requirements for counters, tables, bars, or seating are not compliant.

558

6

Websites: Hyperlinks not meaningful on website. (e.g., link's purpose can't be inferred by link text, not clear links with same text go different places, external hyperlink doesn't say it leaves page, etc.)

542

6

Path of Travel- Exterior: Vertical transitions (ramps and/or stairs) are not compliant (e.g., excessive slope/cross-slope; landings are non-compliant, lack of guardrails and/or wheel guard, etc.).

542

7

Websites: Navigation order is not logical on website. (e.g., navigation order of links, form elements, etc. is not logical and intuitive, etc.)

539

8

Websites: Content not appropriately/logically marked on website. (e.g., semantic markups not used, tables not used for tabular data, only visual/auditory cues, content restricted to portrait/landscape, etc.)

537

9

Path of Travel- Interior: Objects projecting into accessible path of travel (e.g., a rack, display, or boxes placed in the aisle).

436

10

Websites: Alternatives not provided for time-based media on website. (e.g., descriptive text transcripts, text/audio descriptions, synchronized captions not provided for non-live, web-based content, etc.)

248

Total:

6,627