Bus Rapid Transit Accessibility Guidelines

In recent years helpful guides have appeared in both English and Spanish to assist planners and officials to construct accessible buildings and pedestrian infrastructure which are usable by seniors, persons with disabilities, and all others who esp...

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Main Author:	Rickert, Tom
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESSIBILITY CRITERIA ACCESSIBLE BUSES ACCESSIBLE ROUTES ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION ACCESSIBLE VEHICLES ACCIDENTS AIR AIR TRANSPORT AMBULATORY PASSENGERS BASIC SAFETY BICYCLE PATHS BIKEWAYS BLIND PASSENGERS BLIND PEDESTRIANS BLIND PERSONS BRAKES BRAKING BRIDGE BRIDGE LENGTH BUS BUS ACCESS BUS BOARDING BUS COMPANIES BUS COMPANY BUS DESIGN BUS DRIVERS BUS ENTRANCE BUS FLEETS BUS FLOOR BUS LANE BUS LANES BUS OPERATOR BUS OPERATORS BUS ROUTE BUS SERVICES BUS SPECIFICATION BUS STATION BUS STOP BUS STOPS BUS SYSTEMS BUSES CARS CATEGORIES OF PASSENGERS CITY BUSES COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION CROSSING CROSSWALKS CURB PIECE CURB RAMPS CURBS DESIGN OF VEHICLES DISABILITIES DRAINAGE DRIVER TRAINING DRIVING FARE BOX FARE COLLECTION FARES FEEDER LINES FEEDER ROUTES FLAT FARE FLEETS FOOTWAYS GOOD SIGNAGE GPS GRADE GRADIENTS ILLEGAL PARKING INCOME INJURIES INTERCITY TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION INTERSECTION INTERSECTIONS ISO LAND ACQUISITION LAND TRANSPORT LANDSCAPING LARGE BUSES LARGE VEHICLES LIGHT RAIL LIGHT RAIL SERVICE LONG DISTANCES MASS TRANSIT MASS TRANSIT SYSTEMS MASS TRANSPORT MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT MIXED USE MOBILITY NEIGHBORHOODS OVERPASS OVERPASSES PARKED VEHICLES PASSENGER PASSENGER PROTECTION PASSENGER SERVICES PASSENGER VOLUMES PASSENGERS PASSENGERS AS WELL PASSENGERS USING WHEELCHAIRS PASSENGERS WITH DISABILITIES PAVEMENT PAVEMENTS PEAK HOURS PEAK TRAVEL PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN ACCESS PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES PEDESTRIAN CROSSING PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE PEDESTRIAN PATH PEDESTRIAN PATHS PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS PEDESTRIAN ROUTES PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC PEDESTRIAN TRAVEL PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS PERIODIC MAINTENANCE PORTALS PUBLIC BUS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC TRANSIT PUBLIC TRANSIT MORE PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT AGENCY PUBLIC TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES RADIO RAIL RAIL VEHICLES RAILROAD RAPID TRANSIT RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS RIDERS ROAD ROAD SURFACE ROAD SURFACES ROADS ROADWAY ROADWAYS ROUTE ROUTES SAFETY SAFETY BELT SAFETY HAZARDS SAFETY ISSUES SIDEWALKS SIGNAGE SIGNALIZATION SIGNS SPAN SPEED SPREADING STANDING PASSENGERS STONE STORMS STREET CROSSINGS STREET FURNITURE STREETS STRUCTURES TERRAIN TIMETABLES TIRE PRESSURE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CALMING TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRAFFIC LANE TRAFFIC LIGHTS TRAFFIC PATTERNS TRAFFIC SIGNAL TRAFFIC SIGNALS TRAINING OF DRIVERS TRANSFER TERMINALS TRANSIT ACCESSIBILITY TRANSIT AGENCIES TRANSIT AGENCY TRANSIT INFORMATION TRANSIT PLANNERS TRANSIT SYSTEM TRANSIT SYSTEMS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT MODES TRANSPORT OFFICIALS TRANSPORT PLANNERS TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL BARRIERS TRAVEL TIME TRIP TRIP GENERATORS TRIP ORIGINS TRIPS TROLLEY TROLLEYBUS TRUE TRUNK LINE STATIONS TRUNK LINES UNDERPASSES URBAN TRANSPORT VANS VEGETATION VEHICLE VEHICLE DESIGN VEHICLE DOORS VEHICLE SPECIFICATIONS VEHICLES VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WAITING TIME WALKERS WHEEL CLAMPS WHEELCHAIR LIFT WHEELCHAIR LIFTS WHEELCHAIR USER WHEELCHAIR USERS WHEELS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/18843888/bus-rapid-transit-accessibility-guidelines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17683

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Summary:	In recent years helpful guides have appeared in both English and Spanish to assist planners and officials to construct accessible buildings and pedestrian infrastructure which are usable by seniors, persons with disabilities, and all others who especially benefit from universal design. Less has been written about access to public transport systems. Very little guidance is available concerning specific issues which confront those planning Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems, mass transit systems which incorporate a spectrum of design and operational features on integrated trunk and feeder routes and which were initiated in Latin America and are now spreading throughout the region and beyond. The guidelines focus on the BRT environment and assume that interested parties can take advantage of existing guidelines to clarify general issues of access to public space, buildings, and pedestrian infrastructure. The guidelines generally follow the travel path of a passenger using a full-featured Bus Rapid Transit system. The accessible travel chain begins with sidewalks and pedestrian crossings and continues into a typical mid-island station served by buses with left-side doors (in countries where traffic drives on the right side). Buses pull up to an enclosed station with a ramped platform the height of the bus floor. The guidelines then focus on station features, crossing the gap into the bus, and bus features. Due to the integrated nature of BRT, the guidelines focus equally on both trunk line and feeder line issues while acknowledging that a long-term planning process may be needed to identify funding for improved feeder line infrastructure and vehicles.

Bus Rapid Transit Accessibility Guidelines

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