Evaluation of Accessible Facilities for Elderly and Disabled People in Railway Station

This paper describes how the methodology to estimate and assess the importance and effect of accessible railway stations for elderly and disabled people. The method is shown in the case of stations in Sakai city. It is build based on new law, The Transportation Barrier-Free Law and questionnaire data of elderly and disabled people. The questionnaire data are applied to another city and considered on effectiveness and problems from the point of transportation planners.

• Corporate Authors:

  Japan Society of Civil Engineers

  1-chome, Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku
  Tokyo,   Japan  160-0004
• Authors:
  • Kodama, Ken
  • Mihoshi, Akihiro
  • Ktagawa, Hiroshi
  • Nomura, Takashi
  • Suzuki, Yoshiyasu
• Conference:
  • 10th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled People
  • Location: Hamamatsu , Japan
  • Date: 2004-5-23 to 2004-5-26
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 5p
• Monograph Title: Transed 2004. Universal Transportation and Road Design: Strategies for Success

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Aged; Barrier free design; Persons with disabilities; Rail transit stations; Railroad stations; Railroad traffic; Railroad transportation; Transportation disadvantaged persons
• Identifier Terms: Transed
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Society; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01130449
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 19 2009 9:29AM