TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jaiswal, Neera
AU  - Bhakuni, Nitika (Guide)
TI  - Methods and challenges to improve accessibility for persons with disability in public transport : a case of Ahmedabad (Also available on CD)
U1  - P TH-1269 
PY  - 2011///
N1  - CONTENTS1. INTRODUCTION  1 1.1  BACKGROUND  2 1.2  RESEARCH QUESTION  5 1.3 OBJECTIVE OF STUDY  5 1.4 SCOPE OF STUDY  5 1.5 RESEARCH DESIGN  6 1.6 THESIS STRUCTURE  8 2. UNDERSTANDING ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES AND PRACTICES WORLWIDE      10 2.1  BACKGROUND ON APPROACH TO DISABILITY  11 2.2 PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (PWD) PROFILE IN INDIA  17 2.2.1 Definition of Disability  17 2.2.2 Disable Population in India  18 2.2.3 Disable Population of Various States in India  19 2.2.4 Urban and Rural Share of Population  20 2.2.5 Work Participation Rate  20 2.2.6 General Education of Persons with Disability  21 2.3  ORGANIZATION OF THE DISABILITY SECTOR IN INDIA  22 2.4 BARRIERS TO ACCESSIBILITY  23 2.5  PRACTICES WORLWIDE- A REVIEW  29 2.5.1  Legislative approach to access issues  30 2.5.2 Organizational approach to access issues  39 2.5.3 Technical approach to access issues  50 2.6  CONCLUSION- A FRAMEWORK  57 3. CASE OF AHMEDABAD  59 3.1 DISABLE POPULATION ESTIMATE  60 3.2 SAMPLE SIZE  65 3.3 METHODOLOGY ADOPTED  66 3.4 TRAVEL CHARACTERISTICS  68 3.4.1 Trip Purpose  68 3.4.2 Mode Choice  69 3.4.3 Average Trip Length  71 3.4.4. Monthly Expenditure on Travel  72 3.5  MOBILITY ISSUES AND KIND OF ASSISTANCE REQUIRED WHILE TRAVELLIN  72 3.6  HIERARCHY OF COUNTERMEASURES FOR BARRIERS TO ACCESSIBILITY  78 3.7 EVALUATING LEVEL OF ACCESSIBILITY  79 3.7.1 Spatial Pattern of Passenger Movement  81 3.7.3 Summary of Level of Accessibility  104 3.8  CONCLUSION  105 4. IMPLEMENTATION & IMPROVEMENT CHALLENGES  106 4.1  REASONS FOR LACK OF IMPLEMENTATION OF PWD ACT  107 4.2.  REVIEW OF PROVISIONS FOR ACCESSIBILITY IN ACTS AND POLICIES  108 4.3  INTERVENTIONS FOR MORE ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT SYSTEM: INDICATIVE PRIORITY  111 4.4  OPTIONS FOR ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENT  127 4.5  MODIFIED ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE  127 4.6  ROLE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS (PTO)  130 4.7 ROLE OF GOVERNMENT  131 5.  CONCLUSION & WAY FORWARD  134 REFERENCES  139
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