Evaluation of three pedestrian phasing with audible pedestrian signals configurations in Quebec City (Canada): an exploratory study of blind or visually impaired persons’ sense of safety, preferences, and expectations

Routhier, François; Lettre, Josiane; Pigeon, Caroline; Fiset, David; Martel, Valérie; Binet, René; Vézina, Véronique; d'Eyrames, Olivier Collomb; Waygood, E. Owen D.; Mostafavi, Mir Abolfazl; Morales, Ernesto

doi:10.1080/09638288.2023.2200260

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“…Questions such as perceptions of freedom, spontaneity, safety, and stigmatisation need to be integrated into the study of PMDs' expe-riences with public transport. For example, in London (UK), inaccessibility of transport has been linked to feelings of anxiety, anger, and frustration; these feelings impact the lives of people with disabilities [16,35]; and in Quebec City, the sense of safety of people with visual disabilities increases when there are audible pedestrian signals along their mobility paths [37]. However, we need to conduct more research to understand how individual and collective perceptions and values shape these physical and attitudinal barriers to public transport and mobility practices, and what impact they have on people's social participation and well-being [5,38].…”

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Public Transport in the Disabling City: A Narrative Ethnography of Dilemmas and Strategies of People with Mobility Disabilities

Mansilla,

Boucher,

Routhier

2024

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Access to transport is key to people’s movement in cities, their social participation, and personal development. People with mobility disabilities (PMDs) face additional barriers when using public transport. The objective of this study is to identify the dilemmas that PMDs face in their daily mobility practices and their coping strategies, in particular the ways in which these dilemmas and strategies are influenced by both personal and environmental characteristics. We conducted ethnographic research, utilizing narrative interviews, life stories, focus groups, and participant observations. Our aim was to analyse multiple experiences of mobility in situations of disability in Quebec City, Canada. This study engages the following research question: how do PMDs navigate their social environment, considering the impact of personal, social, and physical landscape factors on their mobility strategies? Depending on the accessibility of fixed-route public buses and the availability of public paratransit services, what are the dilemmas that PMDs face and how do they shape their mobility strategies? Using the three-dimensional model of narrative analysis, we present a narrative ethnography of participants’ dilemmas and strategies about their experiences on public transport. Five dilemmas are examined. Through this methodology, we propose to extend the study of “constellations of mobility” by including the notion of strategies as an experiential outcome between personal and physical landscape factors, practices, and meanings of mobility. This offers new research perspectives both in disability and mobility studies and in the understanding of urban accessibility experiences in situations of disability.

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confidence: 99%

Public Transport in the Disabling City: A Narrative Ethnography of Dilemmas and Strategies of People with Mobility Disabilities

Mansilla,

Boucher,

Routhier

2024

Disabilities

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Evaluation of three pedestrian phasing with audible pedestrian signals configurations in Quebec City (Canada): an exploratory study of blind or visually impaired persons’ sense of safety, preferences, and expectations

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Public Transport in the Disabling City: A Narrative Ethnography of Dilemmas and Strategies of People with Mobility Disabilities

Public Transport in the Disabling City: A Narrative Ethnography of Dilemmas and Strategies of People with Mobility Disabilities

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