Study on Evaluation Method of Improvement and Development of Barrier-Free Facilities for the Elderly and Disabled People

This paper discusses the study of facility design evaluation methods to achieve traffic facilities most favorable to users when planning and designing traffic facilities under consideration for the elderly and disabled people. This paper picks up sidewalks as a facility, and focuses on (1) the establishment of definite measure for decision makers to decide the priority of policy options, (2) the setting of a comprehensive barrier-free indicator, and (3) the utilization of the heart beat measurement method as an evaluation item.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transport Canada

  1000 Sherbrooke Street, West, P.O. Box 549
  Montreal, Quebec  Canada  H3A 2R3
• Authors:
  • Kodama, Ken
  • MihoshiI, Akihiro
  • Suzuki, Yoshiyasu
  • Kitagawa, Mutsuhiko
  • Ishizuka, Yuko
• Conference:
  • 11th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons (TRANSED)
  • Location: Montreal , Canada
  • Date: 2007-6-18 to 2007-6-22
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 9p
• Monograph Title: Transed 2007. Benchmarking, Evaluation and Vision for the Future

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Barrier free design; Pedestrian movement; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian traffic; Persons with disabilities; Policy making; Sidewalks; Transportation disadvantaged persons
• Identifier Terms: Transed
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Society; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01130310
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 19 2009 9:28AM