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In Japan, over 400 small islands have residents in Japan and small passenger ships are vital means for transportation for the residents and visitors to the islands. A typical small passenger ship in Japan is about 20 m long and has a capacity of around 50 passengers. Japanese barrier-free guidelines for passenger ships are issued for supplementing “Japanese barrier-free law.” The guidelines recommend that lavatories of passenger ships should be barrier-free regardless of sizes of ships. The guidelines also show a full-size barrier-free lavatory. However, the full-size barrier-free lavatories have difficulties to be installed in small passenger ships owing to the limited space. Considering the aforementioned situation, the research team designed several types of compact barrier-free lavatories after interviews and questionnaire investigations to ship builders and ship owners. Then the research team made mock-ups based on the designs and conducted experiments on land to find the smallest sizes and to examine the usability. In the experiments, two wheelchair users and two visually impaired persons evaluated the usability. The research team confirmed the usability thorough interviews to the disabled persons and the caretaker supporting one of the wheelchair users. Finally, the research team designed general arrangements of small passenger ships with the compact barrier-free lavatories to examine the feasibility of installing the lavatories. Individual passenger ship can choose the suitable barrier-free lavatory among the designs the research team proposed according to the ship's feature and the navigational environment. The development of these compact barrier-free lavatories can encourage activities for disabled persons and motivate ship owners to build new barrier-free passenger ships.

01738980

English

pp 46-55

2020-4

Transportation Research Circular

TRANSED 2018: 15th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Older Adults and People with Disabilities

Digital/other

Figures; Photos; References

Barrier free design; Passenger ships; Persons with disabilities; Toilet facilities; Visually impaired persons

Japan

Design; Marine Transportation; Society; Vehicles and Equipment

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

May 11 2020 12:34PM

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