SOME PROBLEMS OF ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED PEDESTRIANS. A PRELIMINARY REPORT OF OBSERVATIONS AND SURVEY

For nearly a year the pedestrian research laboratory at Georgia Institute of Technology has been examining the problems of elderly and handicapped pedestrians. The aim of the project was to identify the hazards and problems that confront elderly and handicapped pedestrians and then to develop and field test appropriate countermeasures. Phase one included a literature survey. Phase two is mainly occupied with data collection to identify the problems and hazards faced by the target subgroup. Phase three focuses on these hazards and problems to examine their nature and why they cause difficulties. Phase four will develop several countermeasures for each of the selected high priority problems. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  International Federation of Pedestrian Association

  5 Buitenhof
  The Hague,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Jones, M A
  • Tempher, J A
• Publication Date: 0

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Media Info

• Pagination: p. 336-373
• Serial:
  • Publication of: International Federation of Pedestrian Association
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: International Federation of Pedestrian Association

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Aged; Anthropometry; Anthropometry; Blindness; Conferences; Countermeasures; Data collection; Hazards; Interviewing; Pedestrian areas; Pedestrians; Persons with disabilities; Public transit; Reviews; Safety
• Geographic Terms: United States
• ITRD Terms: 9139: Accessibility; 2075: Blindness; 8525: Conference; 1726: Disabled person; 2055: Human body; 9147: Interview; 1746: Old people; 1733: Pedestrian; 341: Pedestrian precinct; 9150: Risk; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I70: Traffic and Transport;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00147983
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 13 1981 12:00AM