COMMUNICATIONS ON RESEARCH AIMED AT COMPARING TRANSPORT CONDITIONS IN CITIES, TOWNS AND OTHER BUILT UP AREAS. EXTENDED ABSTRACT OF THE STUDY REPORT. AN ENQUIRY INTO THE PROVISION OF BETTER SERVICES FOR THE HANDICAPPED ON LOCAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT

MITTEILUNGEN UEBER FORSCHUNGEN ZUR VERBESSERUNG DER VERKEHRSVERHAELTNISSE DER GEMEINDEN. ERWEITERTE KURZFASSUNG DES FORSCHUNGSBERICHTS. UNTERSUCHUNG ZUR FRAGE DER STAERKEREN BERUECKSICHTIGUNG DER BELANGE VON BEHINDERTEN IM OEFFENTLICHEN NAHVERKEHR

The journal contains a review of the research contracts let by the federal minister of transport on the subject of urban transport. It also contains an extended summary of the "investigation into the question of greater consideration of the needs of the disabled in public transport". The proportion of persons who are considered "participation-impeded" or "participation-disabled" is estimated to be 8-10% of the whole population. Consideration is to be given to the standards of comfort change and as a result in the future - with unchanged provision - a greater number of people will feel (subjectively) impaired when using public transport. For these persons the gaining of facilities in public transport for the disabled, insofar as they improve the general usefulness, has increasing significance. Various possibilities of making vehicle or constructional changes in public passenger transport have been investigated, such as the forming of pavements and pedestrian overpasses, of steps, ramps, escalators, platforms and lifts, stopping places and station facilities for light railways. A further chapter is concerned with the installation of entrances and exits of public track-bound vehicles and with the internal areas of such vehicles. The investigation has also considered the problems arising from the introduction of certain measures, including the problems of the time and cost of subsequently introducing aids for the disabled in underground stations and the building of on level bus stops. As it is hardly to be expected that the towns and transport firms, who must consider the use of their capital almost exclusively for traffic and operational projects, will pursue the development of acceptable facilities for the disabled on their own initiative, it must be assumed that the provision of certain equipment will depend upon a political clarification of the investment responsibility.

• Corporate Authors:

  Kirschbaum Verlag

  Siegfriedstrasse 28
  Bonn,   Germany  D-53179
• Publication Date: 1978

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 115 p.
• Serial:
  • FORSCHUNG STADTVERKEHR
  • Issue Number: 23

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerodynamic lift; Bus stops; Comfort; Costs; Crosswalks; Economics; Financing; Layout; Moving sidewalks; Passenger transportation; People movers; Persons with disabilities; Public transit; Rail transit stations; Rapid transit; Research reports; Transportation modes; Urban areas; Urban transportation; Walkways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Modifications; Use
• ITRD Terms: 9138: Comfort; 224: Cost; 1726: Disabled person; 244: Financing; 2720: Footway; 2885: Layout; 5169: Lift (elevator); 9048: Modification; 1140: Passenger conveyor; 1659: Pedestrian crossing; 744: Public transport; 8559: Research report; 1145: Transport mode; 313: Urban area; 9084: Use
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00312093
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1981 12:00AM