eprintid: 10192995 rev_number: 8 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/19/29/95 datestamp: 2024-07-02 15:48:11 lastmod: 2024-07-02 15:48:11 status_changed: 2024-07-02 15:48:11 type: book_section metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Mindell, Jennifer S creators_name: Amin, Sewa creators_name: Mackett, Roger L creators_name: Taylor, John creators_name: Yaffe, Steve title: Disability and travel ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: D12 divisions: F44 divisions: G19 keywords: Accessibility, Disability, Equity, Inequalities, Independent mobility, Systematic review transport, Travel note: This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: This chapter summarises 12 recent reviews examining persons with disabilities and travel. Clear differences in travel behaviour between transport users with and without disabilities are evident. People with disabilities make 10–30% fewer trips than people without disabilities. Travel time is often longer, and transport mode and journey length differ. These significantly influence the ability of individuals with disabilities to travel within their communities or elsewhere. People with disabilities encounter a plethora of barriers that vary with the type and severity of their disability, their socioeconomic status, and the quality of local and national transport infrastructure. With an increase in disability severity, transport becomes more difficult, particularly affecting travel mode options. People with disabilities often use specific routes for familiarity and comfort. In addition to individual factors, systemic obstacles include unreliability of public transport services (e.g. long waiting times); maintenance issues; accessibility and affordability; difficulty scheduling paratransit; and lack of access to technology and information. The chapter ends by discussing potential solutions to these barriers and highlighting gaps in the existing evidence. Policies should focus on the needs of travellers with disabilities and be integrated during the transportation planning process, before procurement and implementation. date: 2024 date_type: published publisher: Academic Press official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.atpp.2023.11.009 full_text_type: other language: eng verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2260400 doi: 10.1016/bs.atpp.2023.11.009 isbn_13: 978-0-443-22180-4 lyricists_name: Mindell, Jennifer lyricists_name: Mackett, Roger lyricists_id: JMIND63 lyricists_id: RLMAC28 actors_name: Mackett, Roger actors_id: RLMAC28 actors_role: owner full_text_status: restricted series: Health on the Move 3: The Reviews volume: 13 place_of_pub: Cambridge, Massachusetts, US pagerange: 47-87 book_title: Advances in Transport Policy and Planning editors_name: Mindell, Jennifer S editors_name: Watkins, Stephen J citation: Mindell, Jennifer S; Amin, Sewa; Mackett, Roger L; Taylor, John; Yaffe, Steve; (2024) Disability and travel. In: Mindell, Jennifer S and Watkins, Stephen J, (eds.) Advances in Transport Policy and Planning. (pp. 47-87). Academic Press: Cambridge, Massachusetts, US. document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10192995/1/A31%20Book%20chapter%20on%20Travel%20and%20Disability.pdf