Report: Mind the Gap: A Reference Guide for People with Disabilities Riding Trains

2012

The purpose of the Mind the Gap study was to identify the barriers that people with physical disabilities experience when riding trains and to use that information to develop a fact sheet for potential train riders in an effort to increase ridership and community access. The project emphasized three primary areas of concern: (1) the gap between the transit train and platform and how the gap affects both boarding and deboarding, (2) the accessibility issues both on the train and in the immediate pedestrian environment of the train station, and (3) how customer to customer assistance occurs and its importance in the boarding and deboarding process.

train, transportation, barriers, disabilities, access

Reports and monographs

Consumers/Families

Electronic (disc, CD, 508 compliant web posting)

http://www.uconnucedd.org/pdfs/projects/mindthegap/final_report_mind_the_gap.pdf

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