Proceedings of the UMTA R and D Priorities Conference (3rd) Held at Cambridge,MA.,on November 16-17, 1978. Volume VIII:Access for Elderly and Handicapped Persons Workshops.

摘要

The document is a compilation of material that was presented at the Third UMTA R&D Priorities Conference Workshops on Access for Elderly and Handicapped Persons. Part I deals with planning and regulation and includes discussions of transportation problems of handicapped people and transportation policies and partices as they affect handicapped people. Part II,demonstrations and hardware,includes discussions of concepts under development in the area of transportation for the elderly and handicapped hardware research and development to improve transit for elderly and handicapped travellers,and a critique of research concerning transportation for the elderly and handicapped. This volume contains five resource papers which are summarized in Volume I of this multi-volume work along with summaries of other workshop sessions. Volume I also includes the proceedings of the general sessions and a listing of conference participants.