Improving Accessibility to Transport for People with Limited Mobility : A Practical Guidance Note

This document aims to provide practical guidance on how best to include consideration of accessibility for People with Limited Mobility (PLM). While disabled people are a primary focus, the definition of PLM considered within this guidance note therefore also encompasses this broader range of users with mobility constraints and needs. Barriers to addressing the needs of PLM are often a product of a lack of information for transport professionals and facility designers, combined with limited resources. To assist client countries with implementing the principles and binding obligations of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), it is clear that World Bank Task Team Leaders (TTLs) need to understand how to build in accessibility for disabled people in the design and implementation of transport projects. This guidance note therefore aims to aid World Bank TTLs when specifying and managing Bank funded transport projects in order to improve the accessibility of transport systems for PLM. It is intended to serve primarily as a point of reference for TTLs on how to include, and improve; the accessibility of PLM in Bank supported transport operations, as well as being useful for other organizations and government agencies. Following this introductory chapter, chapter two provides concise technical descriptions of different transport accessibility measures, of their costs, benefits and implementation issues, and of relevant standards and sources of further detailed design guidance. In chapter three these accessibility features are gathered into ranked lists to which TTLs may refer in order to see which measures represent low cost options, and those which are likely to have the best benefit/cost relationships. Chapter four sets out information on relevant regulatory and institutional framework issues. Chapter five summarizes potential funding sources and mechanisms for providing accessibility improvements for people with limited mobility. Finally, chapter six (operational road map) provides guidance on the process for designing accessibility into World Bank transport projects.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013-05
Subjects:	ABLE-BODIED PEOPLE, ACCESSIBILITY, ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS, ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, ADEQUATE SIGNAGE, AID, AIR, AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT LAVATORIES, ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS, ASPHALT, ATTITUDINAL BARRIERS, BARRIER, BATTERIES, BLIND, BRAILLE, BRIDGE, BRIDGES, BUS, BUS DRIVERS, BUS ENTRANCE, BUS ROUTE, BUS SERVICES, BUS SHELTER, BUS SHELTERS, BUS STATIONS, BUS STOP, BUS STOPS, BUSES, CAR, CAR DRIVERS, CAR PARKING, CARS, CHARITIES, CHARITY, COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS, COMMUNITIES, COMPANION, COMPANIONS, CONCRETE, COST OF TRAVEL, CROSSING, CURB RAMPS, CURBS, DEAF, DESIGN OF VEHICLES, DIGNITY, DISABILITIES, DISABILITY, DISABILITY AWARENESS, DISABILITY ISSUES, DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS, DISABLED, DISABLED PEOPLE, DISABLED PERSONS, DRAINAGE, DRIVER EDUCATION, DRIVER TRAINING, DRIVERS, ELEVATOR, ELEVATORS, EQUALITIES, EQUALITY, ESCALATORS, EVACUATION ROUTES, EXCLUSION, FARE CONCESSIONS, FARE EVASION, FERRIES, FIRE HYDRANTS, FOOTBRIDGES, FOOTPATHS, FOOTWAYS, FRAMEWORK, FREE TRANSPORT, GENDERS, GENERAL AWARENESS, GLARE, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, GRADIENTS, GREEN LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT FOR PEDESTRIANS, GROUND SURFACE, HEADWAY, HEARING, HEARING AID, HEARING IMPAIRMENT, HEARING IMPAIRMENTS, HEAVY PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, HEAVY RAIL, HEAVY RAIL SYSTEMS, HEAVY VEHICLE, HEAVY VEHICLE USE, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, HIGHWAYS, INCOME, INTEGRATED TRANSPORT PLANNING, INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENTS, INTERCHANGES, INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT, INTERSECTION, JOURNEY, JOURNEYS, KERBS, LAMP POSTS, LARGE PRINT, LETTERING, LIGHT RAIL, LIMITED MOBILITY, LOCAL BUS ROUTES, LOCAL TRANSPORT, LONG DISTANCES, LOW INCOMES, MAINSTREAM, MANUAL DEXTERITY, MASS TRANSIT, METRO LINE, METRO SYSTEM, MINI-BUS, MINIBUS, MOBILITY, MOBILITY CONSTRAINTS, MOBILITY DIFFICULTIES, MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS, MODE OF TRANSPORT, MOVEMENT, NAVIGATION, PASSENGER, PASSENGER INFORMATION, PASSENGER TRANSPORT, PASSENGERS, PAVEMENT, PAVING, PEAK DEMAND, PEAK HOURS, PEDESTRIAN, PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES, PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT, PEDESTRIAN FOOTWAYS, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, PEDESTRIAN PATHS, PEDESTRIANS, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, PERSONS WITH IMPAIRMENTS, PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENTS, PICTOGRAMS, PIERS, POTHOLES, PROPERTY OWNERS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PUBLIC TRANSPORT INFORMATION, PUBLIC TRANSPORT MODES, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES, QUALITY OF LIFE, RAIL, RAIL STATIONS, RAILWAY, RAMP, RAPID TRANSIT, RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS, RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, ROAD, ROAD CROSSING, ROAD CROSSINGS, ROAD SAFETY, ROAD SURFACE, ROAD TRAFFIC, ROAD USER, ROADS, ROADWAY, ROUTE, ROUTES, SAFE CROSSING, SAFETY, SIDEWALK USERS, SIDEWALKS, SIGHT, SIGN LANGUAGE, SIGNAGE, SLOW TRAFFIC, SOCIAL INCLUSION, SOCIAL INTEGRATION, SOCIETY, SPAN, SPEED, STOP SIGNS, STREET CROSSINGS, STREET FURNITURE, STREETS, STRUCTURES, SUBWAY, SURFACING, SYMBOLS, TAXI DRIVERS, TAXIS, TERRAIN, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, TRAFFIC SIGNAL, TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL, TRAILS, TRAINS, TRAMS, TRANSIT ACCESS, TRANSIT FACILITIES, TRANSIT VEHICLES, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT DESIGN, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT NETWORKS, TRANSPORT OPERATIONS, TRANSPORT OPERATORS, TRANSPORT PROFESSIONALS, TRANSPORT PROJECTS, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORT SYSTEM, TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, TRANSPORT USERS, TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH, TRAVELLERS, TRIP, TRIPS, TROLLEYS, TRUCKS, TRUST FUND, UNDERGROUND, UNIVERSAL ACCESS, UNIVERSAL DESIGN, VEHICLE, VEHICLE DRIVING, VEHICLE OPERATORS, VEHICLE USE, VIBRATION, VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS, VISUALLY IMPAIRED, VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE, VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON, WALKING, WALKING AIDS, WEALTH, WHEELCHAIR, WHEELCHAIR USER, WHEELCHAIR USERS, WHEELCHAIR WHEELS, WHEELCHAIRS, ZEBRA CROSSING,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/18874137/improving-accessibility-transport-people-limited-mobility-plm-practical-guidance-note https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17592
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