ESCALATOR MODIFICATION FOR THE HANDICAPPED

This modification kit includes two systems: (1) three special steps are deployed to form a wheelchair platform upon activation by a special electronic user interface; and (2) a controlled start and stop system can be used with or without the platform modification. In either case, this latter automatic control stops the escalator for boarding and also when the appropriate step is at the opposite landing. This report includes discussions of the detailed design of the two systems and the escalator models to which the modification kits can be applied. Tables are provided giving dimensional information about wheelchair configurations now in use and their ability to fit on the deployed platform. Over 95 percent of currently used wheelchairs can be accommodated by this escalator modification. Crowd control techniques and system safety considerations are also discussed.

• Corporate Authors:

  Foster-Miller Associates, Incorporated

  350 Second Avenue
  Waltham, MA  United States  02254

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  Office of Tech Development & Deployment, 400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1980-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 183 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Automatic control; Escalators; Persons with disabilities; Safety; Urban transportation; Vehicles; Wheelchairs
• Uncontrolled Terms: Modifications
• Old TRIS Terms: Platforms
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00365154
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-IT-06-0164-80-1Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-UT-80032
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 30 1982 12:00AM