Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Handicapped Persons

Herausgeber: Ashford, Norman; Bell, William G.; Rich, Tom A.

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Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1982 and contributed to by a range of international authors and experts in the field of transport accessibility, this volume discusses the position of urban and rural transport problems of the elderly and disabled a variety of countries.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Library Edtions: Global Transport Planning
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 610g
• ISBN-13: 9780367745769
• ISBN-10: 0367745763
• Artikelnr.: 67401116

Autorenporträt

Norman Ashford was at Loughborough University, U.K. William G. Bell was at Florida State University, USA and Tom A. Rich was at the University of South Florida, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1. International Overviews 1. Social Service Transport: Transport for
Elderly and Handicapped Persons 2. Belgian Policy on Mobility of Elderly
and Handicapped Persons 3. An Overview of Developments in the United States
in Transportation for the Elderly and Handicapped 4. Recent Developments in
Provision for the Mobility of the Handicapped and Elderly in France 5.
Meeting the Transportation Needs of the Disabled: The Role of the Canadian
Transport Commission 6. Handicapped Transportation: Myths, Reality and
Roles for the Future G. R. Latham and D. Langille Part 2: Methodology and
Concepts 1. Equity in Rural Michigan 2. Housing Location and Transport for
the Elderly 3. Application of the Concept of Social Need in the Planning of
Transport Services for Elderly and Disabled People4. Market Segmentation of
the Transportation-Handicapped in a Small Urban Area of the United States
5. Determining the Accessibility of the Elderly in Urban Areas A. C.
Southern 6. Applications of the Concept of Equity to Cost Allocation: Two
Approaches Part 3: Experiences in the Field 1. Physical and Attitudinal
Barriers to Transportation Access for Disabled Persons 2. The Special
Transport Service for the Handicapped within Stockholm County 3. Citizen
Involvement Improves Transit Planning: A Bay Area Perspective 4. The
Operation of Work of Two Voluntary Transport Schemes 5. Working Toward
Mobility with Handicapped and Elderly Persons 6. Transport Service for
Disabled People in Stockport, England 7. Research Project 'Telebus' for the
Handicapped in Berlin (West) 8. Managing Scarce Resources for Elderly and
Handicapped Transportation Through Careful Market Segmentation: The Port
Authority of Allegheny County Experience Part 4: Operational Response and
Evaluation 1. Provisions for the Handicapped in Dutch Bus Design 2.
Performance Evaluation of Alternative Forms of Coordinated Specialized
Transportation 3. Wheelchair Travellers' Response to Life-Equipped Buses
Operation in a Fixed Route Transit System 4. Transportation Services for
the Elderly and Handicapped: Special versus Mainstream Systems 5. DATS:
Review of an Operating System Part 5: Technology, Software and Technology
Sharing 1. Platform-Vehicle Interface of a Rail System-Stumbling Block for
the Handicapped 2. A Model Program to Assure Use of Technology Transferred
State Government to Local Transportation Providers 3. Microcomputer
Applications in the Management of Paratransit Operations 4. Investigation
on a Combined Brake-Throttle Actuator for the Modification of Standard
Automobiles for the Disabled 5. A Simple Car Conversion Designed to
Increase the Independence of Wheelchair Users 6. An Ergonomic Evaluation of
a Restraint System for Use in Short-Haul Transportation of the Physically
Disabled 7. Some Recent Developments in Computer Technology for
Transportation of Elderly and Handicapped Persons 8. Equipment and
Maintenance Requirements for Bus Operations Serving the Elderly and
Disabled 9. Tests of a Wheelchair Restraining Module G. Kinghorn Part 6:
Coordination 1. A Behavioral Approach to Interorganizational Coordination
among Human Service Transportation Agencies 2. Community Initiatives and
the Contribution of the 'Voluntary Sector' Towards Local Coordination of
'Special Transport' in Britain. Policy Proposals for Milton Keynes,
Buckinghamshire, England 3. Coordinated Transportation Demonstration
Results 4. A Statewide Approach to Interagency and Intergovernmental
Coordination of Public Transportation and Human Services Transportation
Resources Through Consolidated Sub-State Regional Transportation Planning
and Operations 5. Billing Rate Analysis for Paratransit Operating Agencies