eprintid: 10192995
rev_number: 8
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datestamp: 2024-07-02 15:48:11
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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.      
 
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