SMALL TRANSIT BUS REQUIREMENTS STUDY. BUS CHARACTERISTICS NEEDED FOR ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED IN URBAN TRAVEL

Constraints imposed on bus design by the elderly and handicapped are outlined.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Interim rept. no. 1, PB-269 393. Also available in set of 6 reports PC E12, PB-269 392-SET.
• Corporate Authors:

  RRC International, Incorporated

  24 Wade Road
  Latham, NY  United States  12110

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1976-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 79 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Bus transportation; Buses; Human factors engineering; Level of service; Minibuses; Persons with disabilities; Specifications; Urban transportation; Vehicle characteristics; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Requirement; Services
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00159376
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-I-06-0074-77-2 Intrm Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-UT-50006
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 20 1981 12:00AM