MOBILITY OF PEOPLE AND GOODS IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT. MOBILITY OF THE HANDICAPPED AND ELDERLY

This report identifies and discusses the travel behavior of the orthopedically handicapped and the elderly in an urban environment. Mobility indices have been developed for various types of handicaps, car ownership and income levels. The usage of common transportation modes has been analyzed in conjunction with type of handicap and purpose of trip. The interrelationship between mobility, mode usage and psychological condition have been measured and analyzed. Barriers to travel as perceived by the handicapped have been identified and analyzed for each travel mode. Preferences for improvement to available travel modes have been documented and related to trip purpose and current mode usage.

• Corporate Authors:

  Polytechnic Institute of New York

  Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, 333 Jay Street
  Brooklyn, NY  United States  11201

  Department of Transportation

  Office of University Research, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Falcocchio, J
  • Kaufman, H
  • Kramer, P
  • Lee, B
  • McShane, W
• Publication Date: 1975-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 220 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Attitudes; Automobile ownership; Behavior; Data collection; Demand; Demographics; Employment; Freight traffic; Improvements; Income; Interviewing; Mobility; Mode choice; Pattern recognition systems; Persons by socioeconomic levels; Persons with disabilities; Physical fitness; Psychological aspects; Records management; Social psychology; Specifications; Statistics; Surveys; Technological innovations; Travel; Trip purpose; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Prosthesis; Records; Requirement
• Geographic Terms: New York (State)
• Old TRIS Terms: Modal selection; Sociopsychological surveys
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Economics; Finance; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133194
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: TR-74-503 Final Rpt., DOT/TST-75/114
• Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-30095
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 23 1981 12:00AM