MARKET ESTIMATES OF INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Discusses market opportunities for intelligent transportation systems (ITS) designed to meet the needs of travelers who are elderly or disabled. The report presents demographics and travel patterns of the target market and provides a distribution of the number of travelers by mode (personal vehicle, conventional local transit, special transit, taxi, rail, and intercity bus). It describes the technologies being applied to each of these modes and presents an overview of the functional requirements of seniors and people with disabilities for each mode. Based on an analysis of the technologies available and the functional requirements of users, selected opportunities are characterized with respect to user abilities, number of users, and specific benefits which would be provided. The focus is on those applications which would increase the mobility and choice of the target market, and would provide a significant market for ITS developers and manufacturers. A market description and a general path to market assessment are included.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Development Centre

  Complexe Guy Favreau, 200 Dorchester Blvd West, Suite 601
  Montreal, Quebec H2Z 1X4,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Guthrie, B M
  • Phillips, A J
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 97 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Intelligent transportation systems; Market surveys; Mode choice; Persons with disabilities; Technology assessment
• Old TRIS Terms: Disabled people; Market studies
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00737729
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 16 1997 12:00AM