International Resources and Web Links
This section includes:
Our Newsletter: We publish 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 an e-mailed or print 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 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. Also available in Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, Portuguese, or Vietnamese.
2. Making Access Happen: Promoting and Planning Transport for All Intended for advocates and planners, this guide introduces the process of creating accessible transport, supplementing the material in Mobility for All. Download at www.independentliving.org, and type “Making Access Happen” in the search box
3. Transport for All: What Should We Measure? (Click here for an electronic copy) 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.
Click here to download PDF File (4.3 MB)
Click here if you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader
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.
Other Publications and Web Links
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.cvi-rio.org.br
Centro de Vida Independente do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil, in Portuguese)
A major independent living center with a history of strong promotion of access to public space and public transportation.
www.buenosaires.gov.ar/areas/vicejefatura/copine/?menu_id=22248
COPINE (Argentina, in Spanish)
The disability office within the Buenos Aires municipal government.
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.
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.cjr.org.cn
Shenzhen's disability agency (China, in Chinese and English)
A long history of successful promotion of access to public transport.
www.disabledpersonspenang.org
Society of Disabled Persons of Penang (Malaysia, in Chinese and English)
Includes helpful diagrams in the section on accessibility.
www.gdrc.org/uem/sustran/sustran.html
SUSTRAN: The Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific
To download Taking Steps: A Community Action Guide to People-Centred, Equitable and Sustainable Urban Transport* (English).
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.svayam.com
Svayam (New Delhi, India, in English)
Supported by Jindal Saw, Ltd., this agency advocates for accessible public space and public transportation in India.
www.un.org/disabilities
United Nations
To learn more about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 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.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.
TRAINING DRIVERS AND TRANSIT STAFF
www.travelinstruction.org
Association of Travel Instruction (USA)
Travel orientation for persons with disabilities.
www.diversityshop.com/store/10comvid.html
Diversity Shop (Canada & USA, in English)
Ten Commandments of Communicating with People with Disabilities. A training video recommended by transit agencies. Go to this site for information and to view the ten rules for communication which are presented in the video.
www.dptac.gov.uk
Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (UK, in English)
- Advice for taxi drivers* (2000) for downloading. Leaflet with practical advice for taxi drivers serving passengers with disabilities.
- Making private hire services more accessible to disabled people: a good practice guide.* (2003)
jemma@thinkmb.com
Heathrow Airport and British Airports Authority Film Library (UK, in English)
BAA Care to Help. A video to train airport terminal staff to better serve passengers with disabilities. Helpful for staff of any transit terminal. Contact above address for information on obtaining a copy.
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 Improving Access to Public Transport: Guidelines for Transport Personnel (25 pages, 2006).
www.projectaction.org
Project Action (USA, in English, some materials in Spanish and Farsi)
You can download or obtain a free copy of any of these publications. Although these publications interpret rights and responsibilities required by the Americans with Disabilities Act, most of the content is relevant to transit drivers and staff everywhere.
- ADA Bookmark. Similar to pocket guide for passengers.
- Rights and Responsibilities of Transit Customers with Disabilities (2007). Spanish version: Derechos y responsibilidades de los clientes del sistema de tránsito con discapacidades.
- Taxicab Pocket Guide (2006). Rights and responsibilities of drivers and customers with detailed advice for drivers. Spanish version: Guía de Bolsillo para Taxis.
- Transit Operator's Pocket Guide (2007). An excellent and detailed pocket guide.
samarthyaindia@yahoo.com
Samarthyam and the National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities (India, in English)
Traffic Police & Hum Tum. Highly illustrated brochure to train traffic police and the general public concerning disability awareness in public space and transit stops and terminals. Contact above address for information on obtaining a copy.
www.cidades.gov.br
Secretaria Nacional de Transporte e da Mobilidade Urbana, Ministério das Cidades (Brazil, in Portuguese)
Atendimento adequado as pessoas com deficiencia e restrições de mobilidade (2006). Information at brasil.acessivel@cidades.gov.br. To download, type “Brasil Acessível” in the search box, then click “Caderno 1.”
jstan@gibb.co.za
Jim Stanbury (South Africa)
- Let's Get South Africa Moving. Produced by the City of Cape Town, South African Council on Disability, Golden Arrow Bus Services (Pty) Ltd and Arcus GIBB (2001). A training video made for bus drivers, regulators and inspectors on how to foster, maintain and provide a better service for passengers with special needs.
- Special Needs Passengers: Barriers encountered in a journey by commuter rail. Produced by the South African Rail Commuter Corporation and Arcus GIBB, South Africa. A training video introducing the typical barriers that a passenger with special needs will encounter in a journey by commuter rail in a developing country.
Contact Jim Stanbury at Arcus GIBB in Cape Town for details on how to obtain these publications.
www.worldbank.org
World Bank (USA)
Type “Transit Access Training Toolkit”* into the search box on the home page to go to this publication, then click to download the English, Spanish, or Portuguese version. Contact the World Bank or contact AEI at tom@globalride-sf.org for a mailed print or CD version of the Toolkit.
ACCESSIBILITY OF BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS
www.ahmedabadbrts.org
Ahmedabad's Bus Rapid Transit system (Janmarg) (India, in English)
"Towards a safe, accessible and efficient transport system."
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.
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.capetown.gov.za/EN/IRT/Pages/default.aspx
City of Cape Town: Integrated Bus Rapid Transit website (South Africa, in English)
An excellent Bus Rapid Transit website with helpful links to BRT city websites around the world.
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.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 (2007). 800 pages of text and nearly 1,000 illustrations on all aspects of planning BRT systems.
www.ite.org/meetcon/2005AM/
Institute of Transportation Engineers
Scroll to Presentation 51 for Gerhard Menckhoff’s, “Latin American Experience with BRT”.
www.megabus.gov.co
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/HTML/Documents-reports.htm
Nelson/Nygaard Consulting Associates (USA)
To download Safe Routes to Transit: Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide (Pedestrian Section)*, 42 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.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.cta.gc.ca
Canadian Transportation Agency (English and French)
Go to “accessible transportation” for Canada's new 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*.
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.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.
www.euro-access.org
Euro Access (in English, with materials available in several other European languages)
The objective of the project is to contribute to the development of EU policy on the accessibility of transport systems in the member states in order to promote social integration and active participation in society of people with disabilities.
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)
- Cognitive Impairment, Mental Health, and Transport: Design with Everyone in Mind (2009)
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.
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.
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 "Transit Access Training Toolkit" in the search box * to download English, Spanish, or Portuguese versions of these training tools for bus drivers and other public transit staff.
- 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)
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)*, for 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 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)
www.unitedspinal.org
United Spinal Association (USA)
Several publications relate to accessible transportation.
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
Institute for Human Centered Design (formerly 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 to download these principles in any of multiple languages.
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.
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.gaates.org
Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES) (Canada)
“Promoting accessibility of electronic and communication technologies and accessibility of the built environment.”
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.makeroadssafe.org
Make Roads Safe (The Campaign for Global Road Safety) (UK and USA)
“Calling on the international community to recognize road traffic injuries as a global health epidemic.”
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 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.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.ctauk.org
Community Transport Association of the 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.luxorcab.com
Luxor Cab (San Francisco, USA)
A pioneer in providing accessible taxi services in San Francisco.
www.medallionholders.com
Medallion Holders Association (San Francisco, USA)
Working on behalf of “San Francisco’s most senior and experienced taxicab drivers and owners.”
