Tag: accessibility
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Those Who Need it Most: Maximizing Transit Accessibility and Removing Barriers to Employment in Areas of Concentrated Poverty
Citation: Gutherie, A., Fan, Y., Crabtree, S., & Burga, F. (2019) Those Who Need it Most: Maximizing Transit Accessibility and Removing Barriers to Employment in Areas of Concentrated Poverty. Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Link: http://www.cts.umn.edu/Publications/ResearchReports/reportdetail.html?id=2768 Abstract: This report described innovative approaches that were used to reach out to disadvantaged populations…
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World Report on Disability
Citation: World Health Organization. “World report on disability 2011.” (2011). Link: https://www.who.int/disabilities/world_report/2011/report.pdf Abstract: People with disabilities often lack equal access to necessary services including health care, education, and employment opportunities. There is increasing evidence that people with disabilities experience exclusion from everyday life leading to poor socioeconomic outcomes when compared to people without disabilities, though…
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Use of Taxis in Public Transportation for People with Disabilities and Older Adults
Citation: Transportation Research Board. (2016). TCRP Synthesis 119: Use of Taxis in Public Transportation for People with Disabilities and Older Adults. Link: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/24628/ Abstract: Taxis have been used as a cost effective way to provide trips to people with disabilities and seniors for years. This report explores how agencies are using taxis and the benefits…
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Towards a Framework for Identifying and Measuring the Benefits of Accessibility
Citation: Federing, Daphne, and David Lewis. “Towards a Framework for Identifying and Measuring the Benefits of Accessibility.” International Transport Forum. (2017). Link: http://www.itf-oecd.org/sites/default/files/docs/towards-framework-measuring-benefits-accessibility.pdf Report Abstract: This paper has three goals: (1) to explain the motivation for articulating the benefits of accessibility; (2) to provide a narrative basis for articulating how accessibility affects economic and social…
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One Size Does Not Fit All: A New Look at the Labor Force Participation of People with Disabilities
Citation: Yin, Michelle, and Dahlia Shaewitz. “One Size Does Not Fit All: A New Look at the Labor Force Participation of People with Disabilities.” American Institutes for Research, Washington, DC. (2015). Link: http://www.air.org/sites/default/files/downloads/report/Labor-Force-Participation-People-with-Disabilities-Yin-Sept-2015.pdf Abstract: Although overall U.S. unemployment rates are nearly back to normal after the Great Recession that began in 2007, millions of working-age…
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Strategies to Increase Coordination of Transportation Services for the Transportation Disadvantaged
Citation: TranSystems Corporation, Center for Urban Transportation Research, Institute for Transportation Research and Education, and Planners Collaborative. Strategies to Increase Coordination of Transportation Services for the Transportation Disadvantaged. Transit Cooperative Research Program Report 105. Transportation Research Board, 2004. Link: http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/155277.aspx Abstract: There are opportunities throughout the United States to improve the local and regional coordination of…
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2010: A Europe Accessible for All
Citation: European Commission. 2010: A Europe Accessible for All, Report from the Group of Experts set up by the European Commission. European Commission. (2003). Link: http://www.etcaats.eu/resources/2010-a-europe-accessible-for-all-3.pdf?i=etcaats Abstract: An accessible environment is a key for a society based on equal rights, and means that all people can seek employment, receive education and training, and pursue an…
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The Benefits of Improving Access to the United Kingdom Rail Network via the Access for All Programme
Citation: Tony Duckenfield, “The Benefits of Improving Access to the United Kingdom Rail Network via the Access for All Programme.” International Transport Forum Discussion Paper No. 2017-02. (2017). Link: http://www.itf-oecd.org/sites/default/files/docs/benefits-improving-access-uk-rail-network.pdf Abstract: “Access for All” is a United Kingdom government funded program to make stations more accessible for people with disabilities by providing step free access…
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The Illinois One-Click Transportation Resource Center Final Report
Citation: Dirks, Lise, P. S. Sriraj, Joseph Irwin Harris, and Shreya Ghosh. “The Illinois One-Click Transportation Resource Center.” Urban Transportation Center, Chicago, IL. (2016). Link: https://utc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/One-Click-Final-Report__1_reduced.pdf Abstract: The Illinois Department of Transportation was awarded a Veterans Transportation and Community Livability Initiative grant with the Urban Transportation Center at the University of Illinois as a sub-recipient. This…
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Developing a Method for Assessing National Demand-Response Transit Level of Service
Citation: Godavarthy, Ranjit, Jeremy Mattson, Patrick Nichols, Del Peterson, and Jill Hough. Developing a Method for Assessing National Demand-Response Transit Level of Service. University of South Florida, Tampa: National Center for Transit Research, 2015. Link: http://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/downloads/2015-10-assessing-level-of-service.pdf Report Abstract: The objectives of this study are to identify data needs for assessing demand-response transit (DRT) level of service,…