1995•7th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled PeopleCranfield Institute of Technology, EnglandRequires access
THE EVALUATION OF THE NEEDS OF MOBILITY IMPAIRED PEOPLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN URBAN TRANSPORTATION STRATEGY
Suzanne Wood, I Lavery, O Mckenna
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Abstract
The development of an urban transportation strategy requires a robust database of travel information. The reliability and relatively low costs of roadside interviews and on-bus survey techniques means that the transport databases are conventionally trip-based. Providers of special transport services have campaigned for many years to have accessibility needs included in the early stages of planning but frequently needs-based assessments are tagged-on at a late stage of planning. This paper describes a level of co-operation and partnership between a government department, a transport consultancy, a university and a voluntary organisation to transfer ideas, concepts and theory into the actuality of a plan. Some areas of contention still exist but the inclusion of accessibility measurement techniques at the first stage of a transportation strategy represents a major step forward in planning.