TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF THE DISABLED AND THE ELDERLY--SUMMARY AND REPORT

This study summarizes more than a year of research into the accessibility and utility of transportation for elderly and disabled people in Seattle and King County. The following areas of study are included: Characteristics of the elderly and handicapped population of King County; transportation needs and problems of the elderly and disabled; the supply of transportation services; and policy recommendations. In addition, four major action areas were selected by the study; each area promoting one or more aspects of mobility for the elderly and disabled individual. The major areas of intervention are: Physical Aspects, Social/Psychological Aspects, Economic Aspects, Legal/Political Aspects, Geographic Aspects. These intervention areas are further broken down and evaluated for their capacity for enhancing mobility. They are accompanied by Recommended Action Agendas that propose specific intervention which are to be refined and developed by the study team in its final "action phase" and by others working in the field.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • The preparation of this report has been financed in part by DOT, Urban Mass Transportation Administration.
• Corporate Authors:

  Seattle, City of, Washington

  600 4th Avenue
  Seattle, WA  United States  98104

  King County, Washington

  516 3rd Avenue
  Seattle, WA  United States  98104

  Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle-Metro, Washington

  600 First Street
  Seattle, WA  United States  98104
• Authors:
  • Feiss, C L
  • Yapp, S
  • Shuman, L
  • Lovell, S B
  • White, B
  • Beck, J
  • Ellis, L B
• Publication Date: 1977-1

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 236 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Aged; Equations; Legal factors; Level of service; Mobility; Persons with disabilities; Physical condition; Policy; Politics; Psychology; Socioeconomic factors; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Services
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00159603
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1981 12:00AM