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What is Accessibility?

What is Accessibility?. Transport. Who Benefits?. Everyone!!! Passengers with Categories of Special Needs: People with Disabilities The Aged (over 55 ’ s) Pregnant Women Young Children (up to 14 years old) Adults accompanying young children Signage Passengers Female Passengers

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What is Accessibility?

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  1. What is Accessibility? Transport

  2. Who Benefits? • Everyone!!! • Passengers with Categories of Special Needs: • People with Disabilities • The Aged (over 55’s) • Pregnant Women • Young Children (up to 14 years old) • Adults accompanying young children • Signage Passengers • Female Passengers • Load carrying Passengers

  3. Travel Chain

  4. Plan the Trip • Accessible Information • Internet • Smart phone / apps • Variety of formats • Reliability • Consistency • Appropriate to Environment • Affordability

  5. Get to the Pick-up Point • On Demand Services • Accessible NMT Facilities • Accessible Signage and Wayfinding • Choice of Transportation • Safety

  6. Get Into Vehicle • Low-entry as opposed to low floor • Specialised environment • Fare / Access Control • Accessible Information

  7. Make the Journey • Accessible Vehicle • Universal Design Space • Priority / Adequate Seating • Accessible Information • Safety • Staff Training and Awareness

  8. Get Out of the Vehicle • Transport Integration • Ensuring that the links between different modes of transport are also accessible • Timing • Consistency • Safety

  9. Get to Destination • On Demand Services • Accessible NMT Facilities • Accessible Signage and Wayfinding • Choice of Transportation • Safety

  10. Give Feedback on Trip • Choice of media • Internet • Smart phone / apps • Social Media • Staff Training • Response time • Operations / Systems planning

  11. Outcomes • Without accessible Transport, many other programmes are wasted. • Education • Employment • Social • Medical • Rural Transport can be a challenge

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