Talks and Poster Presentations (with Proceedings-Entry):
B. Rüger, G. Simic, A. Nash:
"Railway Vehicle Accessibility";
Talk: ZELKON 10,
Nis;
2010-10-07
- 2010-10-08; in: "Proceedings",
(2010),
ISBN: 978-86-6055-007-3;
25
- 28.
English abstract:
EU regulations require that public transportation systems be accessible for everyone without any restrictions. This includes not only disabled people, but also elderly, passengers with baby carriages, big sized luggage etc. i.e. all people with some kind of reduced mobility. Assuring accessibility for all is an inevitable future obligation for railway operators. The interface between platform and rail vehicle is one of the largest railway accessibility problems particularly for wheelchair users. Most railway vehicles require special boarding devices to provide accessibility. To advance the current situation a project consortium (PubTrans4All) funded by the EU in FP7 will develop a new boarding assistance system that can be used not only by wheelchair users, but by other people with reduced mobility.
Keywords:
accessibility, vehicle entrance, boarding assistance device, people with reduced mobility
Electronic version of the publication:
http://publik.tuwien.ac.at/files/PubDat_191532.pdf
Related Projects:
Project Head Norbert Ostermann:
Öffentlicher Verkehr - Barrierefreiheit für alle
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