104 STAT. 360 PUBLIC LAW 101-336—JULY 26, 1990 the effective date of this section that is not readily accessible to or usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs; except that the new van need not be readily accessible to and usable by such individuals if the entity can demonstrate that the system for which the van is being purchased or leased, when viewed in its entirety, provides a level of service to such individuals equivalent to the level of service provided to the general public; (6) the purchase or lease by such entity of a new rail passenger car that is to be used to provide specified public transportation, and for which a solicitation is made later than 80 days after the effective date of this paragraph, that is not readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs; and (7) the remanufacture by such entity of a rail passenger car that is to be used to provide specified public transportation so as to extend its usable life for 10 years or more, or the purchase or lease by such entity of such a rail car, unless the rail car, to the maximum extent feasible, is made readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs. (c) HISTORICAL OR ANTIQUATED CARS. — (1) EXCEPTION. — To the extent that compliance with subsection (b)(2)(C) or (b)(7) would significantly alter the historic or antiquated character of a historical or antiquated rail passenger car, or a rail station served exclusively by such cars, or would result in violation of any rule, regulation, standard, or order issued by the Secretary of Transportation under the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970, such compliance shall not be required. (2) DEFINITION. —As used in this subsection, the term "historical or antiquated rail passenger car" means a rail passenger car— (A) which is not less than 80 years old at the time of its use for transporting individuals; (B) the manufacturer of which is no longer in the business of manufacturing rail passenger cars; and (C) which— (i) has a consequential association with events or persons significant to the past; or (ii) embodies, or is being restored to embody, the distinctive characteristics of a type of rail passenger car used in the past, or to represent a time period which has passed. 42 USC 12185. SEC. 305. STUDY. (a) PURPOSES.—The Office of Technology Assessment shall undertake a study to determine— (1) the access needs of individuals with disabilities to over-theroad buses and over-the-road bus service; and (2) the most cost-effective methods for providing access to over-the-road buses and over-the-road bus service to individuals with disabilities, particularly individuals who use wheelchairs, through all forms of boarding options. 0?) CONTENTS.—The study shall include, at a minimum, an analy- sis of the following:
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