Mobility Analysis of Persons with Disabilities

Miodrag Počuč,Caglar Karamasa,Jelena Mitrović Simić,Valentina Mirović,Dragan Z Marinkovic

doi:10.1155/2021/7430340

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Abstract

This study presents the results of the research on travel behaviour for persons with different types of disabilities. Persons with disabilities are a group of participants with specific traffic requirements often not included in traffic research and consequently adequate planning of urban transport. To obtain the data, a home interview was conducted on a representative sample. The paper presents the main results of the research and indicates the specificity of the requirements of this group of users. The results are compared with the results of the same research conducted for the development of the Smart Plan of Novi Sad and the results of similar research abroad. The main goal is to obtain a qualitative and quantitative database of the requirements of this group of users as a basis for creating sustainable urban mobility plans.

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A home interview was conducted on a representative sample. e paper presents the main results of the research and indicates the specificity of the requirements of this group of users. e results are compared with the results of the same research conducted for the development of the Smart Plan of Novi Sad and the results of similar research abroad. e main goal is to obtain a qualitative and quantitative database of the requirements of this group of users as a basis for creating sustainable urban mobility plans
People with different types of disabilities, as a specific group of traffic system users, have been neglected quite often in the previous traffic studies [1, 2]. eir socioeconomic characteristics and the specificity of the requirements they have in relation to the traffic system in most cities in Serbia and the wider region are unknown to the community of experts
E fact that there really are certain requirement specifics is indicated by the research results in the developed cities in Europe and around the world [3,4,5,6,7]. e available data show that persons with disabilities (PWDs) make fewer trips compared to persons without disabilities, and those trips are made for different purposes, compared with the usual travel distribution

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Introduction

People with different types of disabilities, as a specific group of traffic system users, have been neglected quite often in the previous traffic studies [1, 2]. eir socioeconomic characteristics and the specificity of the requirements they have in relation to the traffic system in most cities in Serbia and the wider region are unknown to the community of experts. People with different types of disabilities, as a specific group of traffic system users, have been neglected quite often in the previous traffic studies [1, 2]. The basic problem of the research is the lack of information base, necessary for determining the behavioural pattern of PWDs in traffic. Such a situation quite often resulted in the application of inappropriate solutions in practice, which only further excluded this user group from traffic. E mentioned research conducted in Novi Sad created an appropriate information base and determined the basic laws and characteristics of the travel demand of PWDs, and their attitudes regarding the improvement of the traffic system in the city. [2] and 2017 [1], and the results of a similar research abroad, which is an additional value of this study

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