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https://doi.org/10.3141/1604-19

http://scholar.google.com...mmes&publication_year=1997

Low-floor bus design makes urban buses more accessible to people with reduced mobility. In France, as a result of the knowledge gained from using low-floor tramways, the use of low-floor buses within urban environments was considered. Requirements of people with reduced mobility for easy access and the necessary operating conditions are described, followed by an examination of the requirements for such a system in France: bus/infrastructure interface (access ramp and docking aid), bus stop design, and wheelchair user safety.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1604, Public Transit 1997: Planning, Management, Marketing, and New Technology.

English

p. 163-169

1997

Transportation Research Record

0309062071

Figures (7) ; Photos (4) ; References (15)

Accessibility; Bus stops; Buses; Low floor vehicles; Persons with disabilities; Safety; Transit buses; Vehicle design; Wheelchairs

France

France

Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Vehicles and Equipment

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 23 1997 12:00AM

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