Mobility and Welfare Among People with Physical Disabilities -The Role of the Car

Mobilitet og Velferd Blant Bevegelseshemmede - Bilens Rolle

The project reported here has studied the role of the car for mobility and welfare among people with physical disabilities and barriers for car use in this group. A questionnaire study shows that car drivers participate more often in out-of-home activities, and they have a higher fulfillment of travel needs, especially in regard to leisure travels, than people that do not drive. The focus groups interviews show that the fulfillment of travel needs is essential to the quality of life. Furthermore, the same study shows that the private car has qualities beyond the fulfillment of travel needs, like control over one's own life, self-confidence and joy. The project has also revealed weaknesses in the regulations for assigning support for car purchase, for car adjustment, and for public car transport trips.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Text is in Swedish with an English abstract.
• Corporate Authors:

  Royal Institute of Technology

  Center for Traffic Research
  Stockholm,   Sweden  SE-10044
• Authors:
  • Nordbakke, S
  • Hansson, L
• Publication Date: 2009

Language

• Swedish
• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: 108p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile ownership; Mobility; Persons with disabilities; Quality of life; Regulations; Surveys; Transportation disadvantaged persons; Travel demand
• Uncontrolled Terms: Social welfare
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01340975
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9788248010142
• Report/Paper Numbers: TOI-1041-2009
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 26 2011 10:29AM