The impact of Universally accessible public transport–a before and after study

Aarhaug, Jørgen; Elvebakk, Beate

doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2015.08.003

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“…This tends to favour car use. Poorly maintained bus stops (specially in winter) & not having accessible zebra crossing (in particularly for low vision people) [21] are another reason to avoid public transport for senior commuters. Table 2 represents the summary or average trip time comparison among different transport mode for elderly around greater Melbourne.…”

Section: Attitudes To Public Transportmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Measuring Public Transport Accessibility for Elderly

Fatima

Moridpour

2019

MATEC Web Conf.

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The growth acceleration in the older population has been observed in many countries which creates a significant challenge to transportation. Public transport is an essential component of most people’s lives. This specific group of population growth will require special attention to accessibility and mobility issues in combination with the transport system which undoubtedly can play a key role to support ageing. Good health, quality of life and independence are fundamental values for the life as well as mobility. For people such as senior citizens, public transport needs to be accessible and affordable in order to provide them with the opportunity to fulfil their medical, shopping and recreational needs. Providing access to transport for people with age 65 & over is not a marginal problem and it is expected to grow in the future. The most important concern in accessibility is the relatively short distance and high frequency movements from a permanent home. This study will identify the travel pattern & mode for elderly commuters in greater Melbourne, Australia. The study will also suggest strategies to improve the use of public transport system to promote ageing in place.

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Section: Attitudes To Public Transportmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For passengers with reduced vision, tactile markers led the way to the doorway of the bus and bus shelter. This will provide more mental safety to elderly [21].  School & post office vehicles have limited use for a day.…”

Section: Attitudes To Public Transportmentioning

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Measuring Public Transport Accessibility for Elderly

Fatima

Moridpour

2019

MATEC Web Conf.

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“…As discovered by Aarhaug, ease of accessibility to the bus stop should be continuously improved to be better especially for disability and elderly passenger (Aarhaug, Jørgen Elvebakk, 2015). Accessibility may be seen when public transportation wanting to use is available for trip.…”

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Jakarta City Tour: Sightseeing With Double-Decker Bus

Handaru¹,

Hastati²,

Keke³

2018

Proceedings of the Conference on Global Research on Sustainable Transport (GROST 2017)

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Tourism is a promising sector for a country, especially in the field of economic and social. Tourism is a benchmark image of a country. Nowadays, industrialized countries, developed and developing countries begin vigorously to fix tourism sector in order to increase existence of the country. Indonesia is one of the developing countries that improves actively in developing tourism. Jakarta as a capital city of Indonesia is not to be outdone to become the icon of Indonesia's tourism. In 2014, department of tourism launched double-decker bus around Jakarta, and it's called "Mpok Siti", to fulfill tourism needs in Jakarta. In 2015, double-decker bus management was taken over by Jakarta government with PT Transportasi Jakarta and its name turned into Jakarta Explorer Bus. The purpose of writing this scientific study is to know how far tourists are interested to go around Jakarta with doubledecker bus. Then, it also aims to see how this bus can reduce personal vehicle using to many tourist destinations in Jakarta. So, this study was examined by approach of service brand awareness, accessibility and decision-making use. So, based on the research the writers have done; service, brand awareness and accessibility have positive influence on decision making.

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“…La finalidad principal de la accesibilidad universal es garantizar la cadena de accesibilidad, entendiendo como tal todos los elementos que posibilitan que se pueda realizar una determinada actividad en un entorno concreto. Cuando existe algún eslabón de la cadena que no cumple esas condiciones, nos encontramos con las denominadas barreras de accesibilidad (Juncà, 2006;Ararteko, 2011;Aarhaug y Elvebakk, 2015).…”

Section: Accesibilidad Y Transporteunclassified

“…Los estudios científicos realizados se han basado en análisis empíricos de las percepciones de los usuarios con dificultades para utilizar el transporte público (personas sin discapacidad y personas con discapacidad). Aarhaug y Elvebakk (2015) concluyen que el diseño universal es rentable desde el punto de vista económico y social.…”

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