PRIORITY ACCESSIBLE NETWORKS FOR THE ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED IN BALTIMORE. FINAL REPORT

The Final Report provides results of an evaluation of Priority Accessible Networks as a means to plan pedestrian access improvements for the elderly or otherwise handicapped persons. The model was applied to three areas in Baltimore and 19 PAN routes/zones planned. The report includes a Countermeasure Improvement Plan for the development of the routes/zones into Prioriy Accessible Networks; a descriptive evaluation of the process involved as it was used in Baltimore; the "before" results for the plan to evaluate the effectiveness of planned improvements in Baltimore (and the detailed evaluation plan itself); the Prioritization Model developed by the Baltimore investigators to aid in the ranking of needed countermeasures; and the text of a pamphlet to assist other communities in the use of the PAN approach, based on the Baltimore experience with the model. The overall result is positive; modifications are offered to the process to make its use easier. The City of Baltimore has supported the results in its allocation and use of $100,000 for the installation of improvements called for in the first year of the five-year Countermeasure Improvement Plan for Baltimore.

• Corporate Authors:

  Baltimore City Department of Planning

  222 East Saratoga Street, 8th Floor
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21202

  Federal Highway Administration

  Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, 6300 Georgetown Pike
  McLean, VA  United States  22101
• Authors:
  • Drake, P
• Publication Date: 1986-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 172 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Aged; Countermeasures; Networks; Persons with disabilities; Strategic planning; Urban areas; Walkways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Zone
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00461893
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-TS-86-213
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-81-00079
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 31 1988 12:00AM