BUS DESIGN FOR THE ELDERLY AND THE HANDICAPPED

This paper focuses on the design problems associated with accommodating the ambulatory elderly and handicapped as well as individuals in a wheelchair on full-size urban transit buses. The results of research activities during the development, testing, and public demonstrations of advanced prototype transit buses is presented. The focus of the paper is on the technical feasibility of bus design features. /GMRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

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• Authors:
  • Black, T L
  • Mateyka, J A
• Publication Date: 1976-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 15 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Bus transportation; Buses; Demonstration projects; Design; Persons with disabilities; Urban transportation
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145207
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE #760082
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 11 1981 12:00AM