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The potential impacts of station retrofitting for the handicapped are considered under three headings: safety and security, service, and cost. Accessibility related devices including vertical movement facilities must be carefully engineered and tested before general use. Degradation-of-service attributes and discussed. The addition of accessibility-related devices to a station will increae its direct operating and maintenance costs. The question must be asked: "if the transit operator must bear additional costs, then, can the system operate successfully?"

This paper appeared in TRB Unpublished Report No. 14, Transit Station Use by the Handicapped: Vertical Movement Technology.

Final Rpt.

DOT-UT-80040

p. 21-27

1980-4

Transportation Research Board Unpublished Report

Accessibility; Costs; Impacts; Level of service; Persons with disabilities; Rail transit stations; Retrofitting; Safety; Security

Service

Bridges and other structures; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB

May 31 1983 12:00AM

• DEFINING THE HANDICAPPED USER POPULATION
• IMPACT OF STATION DESIGN ON RETROFITTING FOR THE HANDICAPPED
• STRUCTURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SOLUTIONS FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT IN TRANSIT STATIONS
• THE CREATIVE PROCESS
• TRANSIT STATION USE BY THE HANDICAPPED: VERTICAL MOVEMENT TECHNOLOGY
• VERTICAL MOBILITY WITH WHEELCHAIRS
• VERTICAL MOVEMENT SYSTEMS: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE