Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 42 > Chapter 126 > Subchapter III - Public Accommodations and Services Operated by Private Entities

• auxiliary aids and services: includes &mdash. See 42 USC 12103
• commerce: means travel, trade, traffic, commerce, transportation, or communication&mdash. See 42 USC 12181
• commercial facilities: means facilities&mdash. See 42 USC 12181
• demand responsive system: means any system of providing transportation of individuals by a vehicle, other than a system which is a fixed route system. See 42 USC 12181
• disability: means , with respect to an individual&mdash. See 42 USC 12102
• fixed route system: means a system of providing transportation of individuals (other than by aircraft) on which a vehicle is operated along a prescribed route according to a fixed schedule. See 42 USC 12181
• over-the-road bus: means a bus characterized by an elevated passenger deck located over a baggage compartment. See 42 USC 12181
• private entity: means any entity other than a public entity (as defined in section 12131(1) of this title). See 42 USC 12181
• readily achievable: means easily accomplishable and able to be carried out without much difficulty or expense. See 42 USC 12181
• specified public transportation: means transportation by bus, rail, or any other conveyance (other than by aircraft) that provides the general public with general or special service (including charter service) on a regular and continuing basis. See 42 USC 12181
• State: means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands of the United States, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. See 42 USC 12103
• vehicle: includes every description of carriage or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on land. See 1 USC 4