TRANSPORT FOR THE ELDERLY AND THE HANDICAPPED

The author discusses the rationale underlying the provision of transport for the elderly and the handicapped, the characterization of the travel patterns of the elderly and the handicapped, the principal means of transport which the elderly and the handicapped use in urban areas and their advantages and disadvantages from an economic, social and ergonomics point of view. (TRRL)

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  IPC Science and Technology Press Limited

  IPC House, 32 High Street
  Guildford, Surrey  England 
• Authors:
  • ASHFORD, N J
• Publication Date: 1981-6

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 87-92
• Serial:
  • Applied Ergonomics
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0003-6870
  • EISSN: 1872-9126
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00036870

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Automobiles; Buses; Costs; Demand; Door to door service; Economic factors; Ergonomics; Mode choice; Persons with disabilities; Public transit; Social factors; Sociology; Taxicabs; Transportation modes; Travel patterns; Trip generation; Urban areas; Urban transportation; Walking
• Old TRIS Terms: Economic considerations; Modal selection
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 1243: Car; 224: Cost; 285: Demand (econ); 1726: Disabled person; 1159: Door to door (transp); 2029: Ergonomics; 696: Journey purpose; 1746: Old people; 744: Public transport; 2253: Sociology; 1148: Taxi; 1145: Transport mode; 313: Urban area; 758: Walking
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00345207
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-032 658
• Files: HSL, ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 29 1982 12:00AM