Special Needs in Public Transportation in Canada: Some Survey Results
This paper describes how a combination of events over the past decade has caused a reappraisal of transportation legislation related to the disabled in Canada. External events include the enactment of the Rehabilitation Act by the United Nations declaration of 1981 as the Year of the Disabled, which focused world attention on the needs and rights of the disabled. Within Canada, there have been several government-sponsored open meetings designed to canvass people for opinions and suggestions relating to the needs of the disabled. Other factors have been the passing of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982, and amendments to the Canadian Human Rights Act in 1983, which further strengthen the rights of the disabled, and which introduced the concepts of accessibility standards and adaptability plans. The Canadian Transport Commission is involved in the developed of accessibility standards for transportation modes under federal jurisdiction: namely, air, rail, and to some extent, inter-city bus.
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Corporate Authors:
Department of Transportation
Office of the Secretary of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- McLaren, Mara Lee
- Fleming, Marion S
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Conference:
- THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MOBILITY AND TRANSPORT OF ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED PERSONS
- Location: ORLANDO FLORIDA, United States
- Date: 1984-10-29 to 1984-10-31
- Publication Date: 1984-10
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 9p
- Monograph Title: THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MOBILITY AND TRANSPORT OF ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED PERSONS: CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Accessibility; Barrier free design; Legal rights; Persons with disabilities; Policy, legislation and regulation; Public transit; Transit operating agencies; Transportation disadvantaged persons
- Identifier Terms: Transed
- Geographic Terms: Canada
- Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01113894
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Oct 29 2008 7:22AM