Preliminaries; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Contents; INTRODUCTION; CONTEXT FOR ACCESSIBILITY IN THE FOUR CITIES EXAMINED; KEY FACTORS IN IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT; CONCLUDING DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; Annex 1: UITP Survey of transport companies and authorities; Annex 2: Excerpts from the guidelines and standards/ norms for physical accessibility Gothenburg; Annex 3: Excerpts of information available from the Merseyside access guide Merseytravel UK; Annex 4: Members of ECMT UITP Task Force
Summary
It is vital that public transport ensure accessibility for all individuals. Much progress has been made toward improving accessibility to public transport, however implementation of policies to improve accessibility has proven difficult and slow in many urban areas
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Performed by the European Conference of Ministers of Transport and the International Association of Public Transport
