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The current characteristics of wheelchairs are considered and ways in which they may be changed to improve their use in vertical transport systems are examined. Three types of wheelchairs are considered: user-propelled, attendant-propelled, and powered wheelchairs. The basic considerations for all are physical size, maneuverability, stability, barrier performance, ramp climbing and descending, and access to elevator controls.

This paper appeared in TRB Unpublished Report No. 14, Transit Station Use by the Handicapped: Vertical Movement Technology.

Final Rpt.

DOT-UT-80040

p. 40-50

1980-4

Transportation Research Board Unpublished Report

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Performance; Persons with disabilities; Size; Wheelchairs

Bridges and other structures; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; 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
• POTENTIAL OPERATIONAL IMPACTS OF STATION 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 MOVEMENT SYSTEMS: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE