International Resources and Web Links
This section includes:
Our Newsletter: Access Exchange International publishes a twice-yearly Newsletter, Accessible Transportation Around the World, with news and updates on events and trends in accessible transportation in Asia, Africa, the Americas and elsewhere. Archives of recent AEI Newsletters in English and Spanish are found on this web site. Contact AEI if you prefer to receive a print or emailed version of this free publication.
Our guides: Three introductory AEI guides are available on the Internet or you may contact AEI to receive a free hard copy.
1. Mobility for All: Accessible Transportation Around the World (26 pages) This introductory guide presents an overview of access to pedestrian infrastructure, bus, rail, door-to-door and other vehicles. English and Spanish versions may be downloaded at www.independentliving.org. Type in “Mobility for All” (English version) or “Movilidad para Todos” (Spanish version) in the search box. Contact AEI for information on how to obtain Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, Portuguese, or Vietnamese versions of Mobility for All.
2. Making Access Happen: Promoting and Planning Transport for All (30 pages) Intended for advocates and planners, this guide introduces the process of creating accessible transport, supplementing the material in Mobility for All. Available in English and Vietnamese at this time. A Spanish version is now being prepared. For an electronic version in English, go to www.independentliving.org, and type “Making Access Happen” in the search box
3. Transport for All: What Should We Measure? (20 pages)(Click here for an electronic copy) This publication comments on the use of indicators and performance measures for inclusive public transport in developing regions. Available in English and Vietnamese.
Enhancing the mobility of disabled people:
Guidelines for practitioners
Learn about access to public transport and pedestrian ways in developing countries.
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This 206-page guide was produced under the auspices of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) (Copyright TRL Limited). The project team included TRL, CSIR Transportek in South Africa, Access Exchange International, India’s Central Institute of Road Transport and other agencies. The views expressed are not necessarily those of DFID. Contact AEI to inquire about CD or print versions of this guide.
The Inception Report for this guide (Copyright TRL Limited) is available as a PDF by clicking below:
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Other Publications and Web Links
AEI is a focal point in a rapidly emerging international network of practitioners of accessible/inclusive transport. The following selected web sites are annotated with key publications which focus on accessible transport. An (*) means the entire publication is available at the site, while other publications can be ordered.
www.apcdproject.org
Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability
A Japanese-Thai project promoting accessibility in the Asian and Pacific Region
www.cirnetwork.org
Center for International Rehabilitation (USA)
CIR publishes the International Disability Rights Compendium
(287 pages) and related publications which include discussions
of accessible transport.
www.ccodp.org
Central Council of Disabled Persons (Sri Lanka, in English)
An NGO which actively promotes accessible transportation.
www.centroamericainclusiva.com
CENTROAMERICAinclusiva (Costa Rica, in Spanish)
This NGO actively promotes accessible transportation throughout Central America.
www.dpi.org
Disabled Peoples International (Canada, in English, French, and Spanish) Regional offices and local chapters, with international and local advocacy. Go to DPI at www.icrpd.net to learn more about developing a national-level campaign to ratify and implement the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
www.rumbos.org.ar
Fundación Rumbos (Argentina, in Spanish)
Site of a major disability NGO in Argentina that advocates for accessible public transit.
www.gamah.be
GAMAH (Belgium, in French)
Promotes improved access for persons with disabilities.
www.gtkp.org
Global Transport Knowledge Partnership (UK)
“Working to make effective use of international transport knowledge.” Go to “Social Development” or “Urban Transport” to download resources on accessible transport for older persons and passengers with disabilities.
www.handicap-international.org
Handicap International (France, in French, English, and German)
An organization specialized in the field of disability, promoting accessible transport in its work around the world.
www.healthwrights.org
HealthWrights (USA, in English and Spanish)
A fine overview of health issues and rural development is available from the HealthWrights’ Newsletter on this site, providing the reader with a context for addressing rural transport needs.
www.itdp.org
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (USA)
Promotes sustainable transport policies including non-
motorized transit and accessible bus rapid transit.
www.independentliving.org
Institute on Independent Living (Sweden)
Includes a large multi-subject library, with two AEI guides:
- Mobility for All: Accessible Transportation Around the World*, (available to download in English and Spanish)
- Making Access Happen: Promoting and Planning Transport for All* (in English)
www.iidi.org
Inter-American Institute on Disability and Inclusive Development (IIDI) (USA, in English, Spanish, and Portuguese)
Promotes the inclusion and autonomy of people with disabilities and their families in the Inter-American region. Headquartered in New York with regional offices in San José, Costa Rica, and Recife, Brazil. IIDI co-sponsors the Tourism for All Network.
www.ifrtd.org
International Forum for Rural Transport and Development (UK, in English, Spanish, and French)
Their Forum News* is available in English, French, or Spanish.
www.libreacceso.org
Libre Acceso (Mexico)
Helpful information on accessibility and related issues in Spanish*
www.miusa.org
Mobility International USA.
Leadership training, international exchanges. MIUSA may be contacted to order Building an Inclusive Development Community: A Manual on Including People with Disabilities in International Development, providing coverage of all aspects of disability and development.
openword@sepia.ocn.ne.jp
Open World/SATH
For information from Walter Spillum on advocacy of accessible transport in southeast Asia.
www.practicalaction.org
Practical Action
Includes a helpful focus on rural transport issues in developing countries.
www.riglobal.org
Rehabilitation International (USA)
Promoting the rights and inclusion of all persons with disabilities, with a special current emphasis on the ratification and implementation of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
www.rollingrains.com
Rolling Rains Report (USA)
“Precipitating dialogue on travel, disability, and universal design.”
www.rnib.org.uk
Royal National Institute of Blind People
“Supporting blind and partially sighted people.”
www.rnid.org.uk
Royal National Institute of Deaf People
“Changing the world for deaf and hard of hearing people.”
www.samarthyaindia.com
Samarthya (India)
Advocates for accessible transport and barrier-free environments in India.
www.disabledpersonspenang.org
Society of Disabled Persons of Penang (Malaysia, in Chinese and English)
Includes helpful diagrams in the section on accessibility. The Chinese version of AEI’s Mobility for All: Accessible Transportation Around the World, may be ordered without charge from this source.
www.gdrc.org/uem/sustran/sustran.html
SUSTRAN: The Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific
Taking Steps: A Community Action Guide to People-Centred, Equitable and Sustainable Urban Transport* (English) See especially “What can we do?,” pages 78-85.
www.sustranlac.org
Sustran LAC – Sustainable Transport Action Network Latin America (in Spanish and English)
Supports sustainable and accessible public transport in the Latin America-Caribbean region.
www.thunderheadalliance.org
Thunderhead Alliance for Biking and Walking (USA)
Promotes safe walking and bicycling.
www.un.org/disabilities
United Nations
To learn more about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Includes the status of ratification of the Convention for all countries. Information on how to develop a successful ratification campaign is available at www.icrpd.net.
www.vnah-hev.org
Vietnam Assistance for the Handicapped (VNAH) (USA)
Promotes accessible transport in Vietnam.
Access Exchange International
To obtain our guide, Making Access Happen: Promoting and Planning Transport for All, see “AEI Publications,” above.
www.fta.dot.gov
Federal Transit Administration (USA)
Enter “Planning Guidelines for Coordinated State and Local Specialized Transportation Services”* in the search box on the home page to access and download different sections of this publication.
www.mtc.ca.gov/planning/bicyclespedestrians/Ped_Districts/
Metropolitan Transportation Commission (USA)
The Case Studies* of planning for different types of accessible Pedestrian Districts will be of special interest to those planning access to public space.
www.tc.gc.ca/tdc/publication/listing.htm#access
Transportation Development Centre (Canada)
To order Making Transportation Accessible: A Canadian Planning Guide.
Also see entry under “Access to Public Transport” below.
www.vtpi.org
Victoria Transport Policy Institute (Canada)
Transport Demand Management Encyclopedia,* with sections of special interest on universal design and TDM in developing countries.
ACCESSIBILTY OF BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS
www.apta.com
American Public Transportation Association
Go to “All About Bus” and then to “Bus Rapid Transit Resource Guide” and “Bus Rapid Transit & Light Rail Comparison.”
www.brett.co.uk/landscaping
Brett Co. (UK)
Go to “Kerbs and Edging” for information on Kassel Kerbs to enhance docking of low-floor buses, with potential relevance to high floor BRT modes as well. Kassel Kerbs are stated to be in use in over 1200 European cities and towns.
www.gobrt.org
BRT Policy Center, a program of Breakthrough Technologies Institute (USA)
Includes a comprehensive database with a description of each identified BRT system in the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Africa. Photos of access features are found at several sites.
www.chinastc.org
China Sustainable Transportation Center (in Chinese and English)
Promotes Bus Rapid Transit systems in China.
www.embarq.wri.org
EMBARQ: World Resources Institute (USA, in English and Spanish)
News and events in the field of Bus Rapid Transit
www.fta.dot.gov
Federal Transit Administration (USA)
Go to Research and Technical Assistance, then Technology, then Bus Rapid Transit. “Related links” includes the USA's many BRT systems.
www.itdp.org
Institute for Transportation Development and Policy (USA)
Many articles and resources on BRT systems in developing countries as well as the accessible pedestrian and bicycle paths to connect with them. Of special interest:
www.itdp.org/index.php/microsite/brt_planning_guide
to download sections of the Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide, by Lloyd Wright, published in 2007. 800 pages of text and nearly 1,000 illustrations on all aspects of planning BRT systems. See especially the discussions on accessibility for disabled passengers at section 13.2.8, platform level boarding at 8.3.2, low-floor & high-floor vehicles at 12.1.2.6 and docking systems at 12.1.8. Printed guides may also be ordered from this site.
www.ite.org/meetcon/2005AM/
Institute of Transportation Engineers
Scroll to Presentation 51 for Gerhard Menckhoff’s, “Latin American Experience with BRT” - a paper and accompanying PowerPoint presentation summarizing the features of Latin America’s Bus Rapid Transit systems. Other interesting papers also at this site.
www.megabus.gov.co/megabus.html
Megabús (Pereira, Colombia, in Spanish)
The site of Pereira, Colombia's, accessible BRT system, opened in 2006.
www.metrobus.df.gob.mx
Metrobús (Mexico City, in Spanish)
Go to “Descripción General” for a discussion of access features.
www.nbrti.org
National BRT Institute (Center for Urban Transport Research, USA)
Promotes BRT systems in the United States.
www.nelsonnygaard.com/articles.htm
Nelson/Nygaard Consulting Associates (USA)
To download Safe Routes to Transit: Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide (Pedestrian Section)*, 42 pages.
www.projectaction.org/clearinghouse
Project ACTION (USA)
To download Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and Accessibility in the U.S.* (10 pages)
www.TransMilenio.gov.co
TransMilenio (Bogotá, Colombia, in Spanish and English)
The site of one of the world’s best-known BRT systems which has pioneered a number of accessibility features.
www.tc.gc.ca/tdc/publication/listing.htm#access
Transportation Development Center (Canada)
Scroll to “2007 publications” to “Assessment of low-floor transit bus g forces on rear-facing wheelchair securement systems” to download this research report which may be of relevance to some Bus Rapid Transit systems using low-floor buses or high-floor buses with floor-level boarding.
www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7848
Transportation Research Board (USA)
TCRP Report 118: Bus Rapid Transit Practitioner’s Guide,* 2007, “explores the costs, impacts, and effectiveness of implementing selected BRT components.”
www.trolebus.gov.ec
Unidad Operadora del Sistema Trolebus (Ecuador, in Spanish)
Quito, Ecuador’s accessible trolleybus “BRT” system
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_rapid_transit
Wikipedia
An interesting introductory article on BRT
www.worldbank.org
World Bank (USA)
Type “Bus Rapid Transit Accessibility Guidelines”* into the search box on the home page to go to this publication, then click to download the English version or the Spanish version (Pautas de Accesibilidad para Sistemas Integrados de Transporte Masivo.)
The guide is also available as part of a larger presentation of English and Spanish resources on a CD compiled by the World Bank, titled “Universal Design in Public Transport: Accessibility guidelines for Bus Rapid Transit and other transit and pedestrian modes.” Contact the World Bank or contact AEI at tom@globalride-sf.org for a mailed copy of the CD.
ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT (ALL MODES)
PRIMARY FOCUS ON DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT VEHICLES, STOPS, TERMINALS AND FACILITIES
(Several sources also address access to the built environment and pedestrian infrastructure)
www.access-board.gov
Americans with Disabilities Act
Go to “Transportation Vehicles”
These are the official USA standards.
www.travelinstruction.org
Association of Travel Instruction (USA)
Travel orientation for persons with disabilities
www.cta.gc.ca
Canadian Transportation Agency (English and French)
Go to “accessible transportation” for Canada's new (2008) Guide for Passenger Terminal Accessibility*, which covers train, air and ferry terminals. Other materials are available, including, for example, A Guide to Removing Communication Barriers for Travelers with Disabilities* (62 pages).
www.cepam.sp.gov.br
CEPAM (Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Administração Municipal) (Brazil, in Portuguese)
Contact CEPAM for a copy of Município Acessível ao Cidadão (274 pages), in Portuguese, with a special focus on access to transport and pedestrian infrastructure.
www.codatu.org
CODATU (France, in French and English)
This conference series on transport in the developing world includes sessions on accessibility and inclusion.
www.coliac.cnt.fr
Comité de liaison pour l’accessibilité des Transports et du Cadre Bati (COLIAC)
A primary resource on accessible transport in French.
www.mj.gov.br/sedh/ct/corde/dpdh/corde/normas_abnt.asp
CORDE (in Portuguese)
Official site of Brazil’s national accessibility norms for bus, rail, air, waterway, and pedestrian modes.
www.dft.gov.uk
Department for Transportation (UK)
The official guidelines of the United Kingdom are found here.
Among the many worthwhile publications, readers may be especially interested in using the search box for the following:
• "Inclusive Mobility" to get to Inclusive Mobility: A Guide to Best Practice on Access to Pedestrian and Transport Infrastructure* (164 pages, also available in hard copy)
Other key words for guidelines and specifications available at this site include:
- Tactile Paving*
- Wheelchair Boarding Ramps*
- Public Service Vehicles Accessibility*
- Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations*
- Taxi Accessibility*
- Access to Air Travel*
www.easyaccesstravelhk.com/ets_travel/backgroup_e.htm
Easy Access Travel (Hong Kong, in Chinese and English)
A specialized transport service operated by the Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation.
www.ecomo.or.jp/
ECOMO Foundation (Japan, in Japanese)
The Foundation for Promoting Personal Mobility and Ecological Transportation (ECOMO) is a key site for information on Japanese norms and research. An English version of ECOMO’s “Guidelines to Improve Barrier-Free Access for Public Transport Passenger Facilities” can be obtained by contacting d-sawada@ecomo.or.jp. New guidelines (2007) for access to transit vehicles may be obtained in Japanese from the same source.
ann@frye.demon.co.uk
Ann Frye Limited (UK)
Advice on meeting the needs of disabled and older people as public transport users, pedestrians and motorists.
www.td.gov.hk/public_services/services_for_the_people_with_disabilities/index.htm
Hong Kong Transport Department (Hong Kong, in Chinese and English)
For their Guide to Public Transport for Persons with Disabilities* and related documents.
www.icat-ciat.org
International Centre for Accessible Transportation (Canada, in English and French)
Promoting universally accessible transportation systems.
www.internationaltransportforum.org
International Transport Forum
formerly the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (France, in English and French)
Go to “Publications,” then use the search box for the following titles:
- Improving Access to Taxis (83 pages, 2007, in English and French)
- Improving Transport Accessibility for All: Guide to Good Practice (159 pages, 2006)
- Improving Access to Public Transport: Guidelines for Transport Personnel (25 pages, 2006)
- Improving Access to Public Transport (82 pages, 2004, summarizes practices in four European cities)
- Improving Transport for People with Mobility Handicaps: A Guide to Good Practice* (1999)
Further information on the above publications is available from Mary Crass, mary.crass@oecd.org.
kitmitch@googlemail.com
Dr. C G B Mitchell (UK)
Advice on best practices and standards, presentations and workshops on accessible transport
ncat.oregonstate.edu
National Center for Accessible Transportation (USA)
Research and other initiatives to improve access to transportation. Inquiries welcomed from international engineering students interested in graduate studies in accessible transportation.
danae.penn@wanadoo.fr
Danae Penn (France)
Contact in English, Spanish, or French for lists of European websites about transport accessibility and safety
www.mobiliti.org.my
Persatuan Mobiliti Selangor dan Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
This pioneering door-to-door transport system also provides an example of an especially helpful web site.
projectaction.easterseals.com
Project Action (USA)
Go to “Free Resources” and then “Download Free Publications” for their Toolkit for the Assessment of Bus Stop Accessibility and Safety (79 pages) or Effective Approaches for Increasing Stop Announcements for Transit Operators*.
www.cjr.org.cn
Shenzhen, China's web site promoting access for all (in Chinese).
www.sortclearinghouse.info
Social Issues in Transport Clearinghouse (SORT) (Australia)
An online research respository established within the Institute of Transport Studies at Monash University. This research database clearinghouse includes an interest in issues of social inclusion related to transport access.
www.sptrans.com.br
SPTrans (São Paulo, in Portuguese)
Search for Atende, Latin America’s largest door-to-door system for passengers with disabilities.
www.tc.gc.ca/transed2007
11th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons (Canada, in French and English)
To download presentations at this conference, held in Montreal in June 2007.
www.transed2010.hk
12th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons (Hong Kong, in English and Chinese)
Information on the upcoming June 2010 TRANSED conference, hosted by the Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation.
www.tc.gc.ca/tdc/publication/listing.htm#access
Transportation Development Centre (Canada)
For many publications on accessible transportation.
www.trb.org
Transportation Research Board (USA)
An important site for readers interested in research in our field, perhaps best approached via key words in the “Search TRB” box.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, COPPE
Contact Angela Werneck at werneck@centroin.com.br for information on obtaining her study in Portuguese, “Desenho Universal, Acessibilidade e Integração Modal, Estudo Exploratório no Transporte Coletivo no Rio de Janeiro.
christo.venter@up.ac.za
University of Pretoria (South Africa)
Information on accessible transport in South Africa, especially recommended for graduate students in this field
www.worldbank.org
World Bank (USA)
- Type "Bus Rapid Transit Accessibility Guidelines" in the search box * to download English or Spanish versions.
- Type "Mobility for the Disabled Poor"* in the search box for this document by AEI.
- Go to “disability” in the search box for many other documents
- Also search for “Thematic Group for Transport and Social Responsibility” for reports on the work of this World Bank group.
Publications concerning specific transport modes
www.animaltraction.com
Animal Traction Development (UK)
To order Local transport solutions for rural development (48 pages)
Excellent photos in this publication by Paul Starkey.
www.dptac.gov.uk
Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (UK)
Advises the British government on the transport needs of disabled people. Information on bus, rail, air, maritime, taxi and other transport modes with links to UK regulations. For example, click the bus logo and then click Accessibility Specifications for Small Buses designed to carry 9 to 22 passengers (inclusive)*, revised in 2007 with concise diagrams with specifications for steps and handrails at bus entrances, seat specifications, features for wheelchair users, and much more. Go to www.dptac.gov.uk/pubs/maritime/consult/2007/index.htm#index to download the UK's new Designing and Operating Passenger Vessels and Passenger Shore Infrastructure: Guidance on Meeting the Needs of Persons with Reduced Mobility.
www.elderairtravel.com
Elder Air Travel (USA, in English)
Publications and presentations enhancing airports and air travel for older adults.
www.bestgroup.cc/cost349/download.htm
Key accessible transport publications of the European Community (Luxembourg) This address allows you to click to download the following three publications.
- COST 322: Low Floor Buses*
- COST 335: Passengers' Accessibility to Heavy Rail Systems*
- COST 349: Accessibility of Coaches and Long Distance Buses for People with Reduced Mobility* (choose English or French)
http://projectaction.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=ESPA_taxi_resources
Project Action (USA)
A variety of resources on access to taxis are available at this site, including The Taxicab Pocket Guide, designed for taxicab operators and users with disabilities (in English, Spanish, and Farsi).
www.taxisforallna.org
United Spinal Association (USA)
Promotes the development of wheelchair accessible taxis.
www.ruralwaterways.org
Waterways and livelihoods (in English, French, and Spanish)
A resource for promoting improved policy and practice, sponsored by the UK's Dept. for International Development, the IFRTD, and others. See also DPTAC, above.
ACCESS TO PUBLIC SPACE
PRIMARY FOCUS ON DESIGN OF ACCESS TO PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
(Several sources also address transit vehicles and facilities)
www.accessforblind.org
Accessible Design for the Blind (USA)
Go here for detailed information about accessible pedestrian signals and detectable warnings.
www.adaptenv.org
Adaptive Environments (USA)
Information on universal design with an emphasis on buildings and public space.
www.access-board.gov
Americans with Disabilities Act
Go to “Architecture” and then the guidelines for “Facilities,” “Public Rights-of-Way” and other aspects of the built environment.* These are the official USA standards.
www.abc-discapacidad.com
Antúnez-Balcázar Consultores (Mexico, in Spanish and English)
Consulting services regarding access and universal design of architecture and transport.
www.nullbarriere.de
barrierefrei bauen mit nullbarriere.de (Germany)
Accessibility guidelines in German
www.chrc-ccdp.ca
Canadian Human Rights Commission (in English and French)
to order a complimentary hard copy or CD of International Best Practices in Universal Design: A Global Review (“A compilation of existing technical specifications” from 14 countries focusing on buildings and pedestrian infrastructure, 236 pages)
www.ap.buffalo.edu/idea
Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (USA)
“...dedicated to improving the design of environments and products by making them more usable, safer and appealing to people with a wide range of abilities throughout their life spans.”
www.ncsu.edu
Center for Universal Design (North Carolina State University, USA)
Type "The Principles of Universal Design"* in the search box
www.ciudadviva.cl
Ciudad Viva (Chile)
A fine website in Spanish on sustainable neighborhoods that feature mobility for all including those with disabilities.
www.cnree.go.cr
Consejo Nacional de Rehabilitación y Educación Especial (CNREE, Costa Rica)
Includes Costa Rican accessibility norms. Also to request copies of bilingual publications in English and Spanish concerning access to national parks and protected areas. Publications include:
- Guide to Diagnose Accessibility in a Protected Area
- Guide for Signaling, Information and Communication
- Guide for the Creation of an Accessibility Plan in Protected Areas
www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-60499.html
Clean Air Initiative
To download materials on the World Bank's Global Walkability Index*
www.dft.gov.uk
Department for Transportation (UK)
See pedestrian infrastructure guidelines under “access to public transport” above, especially the publication “Inclusive Mobility.”
www.disability.wa.gov.au
Disability Services Commission (Australia)
Guidelines for access and universal design
www.infratrans.gov.ab.ca/
Government of Alberta, Transportation (Canada)
Type “pedestrian accessibility” in the search box, then click “design guidelines” and later click Design Guidelines for Pedestrian Accessibility to download this helpful publication including bus stop and other design diagrams.
www.ite.org/accessible
Institute of Transportation Engineers (USA)
To download their “electronic toolbox for making intersections more accessible for pedestrians who are blind or visually impaired.”
www.unit.org.uy
Instituto Uruguayo de Normas Técnicas (Uruguay)
Developing access norms for Latin America region.
Go to “Accesibilidad” (in Spanish)
www.iadb.org/sds/SOC/publication/gen_6191_4180_e.htm
Inter-American Development Bank
To download the Spanish Guía Operativa de Accesibilidad para Proyectos de Desarrollo Urbano, con Criterios de Diseño Universal* (45 pages, 2005) or its English or Portuguese versions, covering the theory and practice of universal design with a special emphasis on buildings and pedestrian ways.
www.ictaglobal.org
International Commission on Technology and Accessibility (ICTA) (Australia, in English, Spanish, and French)
Focus on access to the built environment
www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/BIKEPED/publications.shtml
Oregon Department of Transportation (USA)
Click “Sidewalk Standard Drawings” to go to “Roadway 700 – Curbs, Islands, Sidewalks, and Driveways” and click on the desired technical diagrams (e.g., “sidewalk ramp details” or “accessible route islands”).
www.cts.ucl.ac.uk/arg/pamela2
PAMELA (UK)
The Pedestrian Accessibility & Movement Environment Laboratory at University College in London.
www.pedbikeinfo.org
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (USA)
Many of our readers will want to go to “Walkinginfo.”
http://acessibilidade-portugal.blogspot.com
Programa Nacional de Formação em Acessibilidade (Portugal, in Portuguese)
Portugal's new guidelines for access to buildings and pedestrian ways, along with many other materials. Or contact Pedro Gouveia at Pedro.gouveia@cm-lisboa.pt.
www.ski.org
Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute (USA)
Innovative research fostering navigation of pedestrian ways
www.sinpromi.es
Sociedad Insular para la Promoción del Minusválido (Sinpromi) (Spain, Spanish document)
To order their Manual del Reglamento de Accesibilidad de Canarias
www.talkingsigns.com
Talking Signs(USA)
Remote infrared audible signage to assist people with visual disabilities to identify an approaching bus and to navigate transit facilities
www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/fip-pcim/man_4_3b_e.asp
Treasury Board of Canada
For their helpful Tactile Signage: Sign System and Installation Guide*
www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/designm
United Nations Enable
A Design Manual for a Barrier Free Environment* (English)
www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/guiadd/aproddis.htm
for the APRODDIS Manual de Diseño de Lugares Accesibles* (an illustrated manual on accessible design, in Spanish)
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OF TRANSPORT PROVIDERS
(materials on accessible transportation are often available at these sites or their links)
www.apta.com
American Public Transportation Association
www.antp.org.br
Associação Nacional de Transportes Públicos (Brazil, in Portuguese)
www.CommunityTransport.com
Community Transport Association (United Kingdom)
www.ctaa.org
Community Transportation Association of America
MANUFACTURERS & PROVIDERS
WHO HAVE ASSISTED OUR WORK
www.unwin-safety.com
Unwin Safety Systems (United Kingdom)
Manufactures safety equipment including wheelchair securement systems, passenger seat belts, ramps, and domestic lifts
www.veoliatransportation.com
Veolia Transportation
The largest private transportation provider in the USA with worldwide experience in transport provision
www.mvtransit.com
MV Transportation (USA)
“The largest woman and minority owned passenger transportation management firm in the United States”
www.adaptivelifts.com
Adaptive Engineering (Canada)
Information on portable wayside lifts for train stations, boats, and airports
www.nelsonnygaard.com
Nelson/Nygaard Consulting Associates (USA)
"Planning transportation systems to build stronger communities."
www.paratransit.org
Paratransit, Inc. (USA)
“Creating independence through smart transit.”
www.Armor-Tile.com
Engineered Plastics, Inc. (USA)
“Leading the Way in Tactile Systems”
www.talkingsigns.com
Talking Signs (USA)
All about Remote Infrared Audible Signage Systems (RIAS) to assist those who cannot read text signs.
www.yellowcabsf.com
Yellow Cab Cooperative (San Francisco, USA)
San Francisco’s largest taxi company is also a leader in the provision of ramped taxis for passengers with disabilities
www.medallionholders.com
Medallion Holders Association (San Francisco, USA)
Working on behalf of “San Francisco’s most senior and experienced taxicab drivers and owners.”
www.detectable-warning.com
Detectable Warning Systems, Inc. (USA)
Warnings and directional assistance needed by visually impaired persons
