West Virginia survey of visual health: Low vision and barriers to access

Walter, C.; Althouse, R.; Humble, H.; Leys, Monique; Odom, J. Vernon

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“… associated with the natural aging process (Walter et al 2004). A lack of pedestrian-friendly zones within automobile-dominated cityscapes can present insurmountable physical obstacles for older adults (Iwarsson and Ståhl 1999).…”

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Access to Public Transit and Its Influence on Ridership for Older Adults in Two U.S. Cities

Hess

2009

JTLU

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Growth in the population of older adults (age 60 and above) in coming years will challenge urban planners and transportation managers to provide travel options that support autonomy. To investigate barriers that older adults experience in using public transit, this research explores associations between older adults who do and do not ride xed-route public transit and their neighborhood walking access to buses and trains. e research tests whether or not the distance between a trip origin or destination and a transit stop or station is a signi cant factor in predicting frequency of transit ridership. Data from a survey of older adults in California and New York is used to regress older adults' frequency of riding public transit against explanatory variables, including demographic and socioeconomic variables, access and mobility measures, and neighborhood characteristics. Findings suggest that self-reported walking distance to transit has a statistically signi cant in uence-in San José, California, but not in Buffalo, New York-in predicting transit ridership frequency. Drivers are more sensitive to walking distance than nondrivers. Models estimate that in San José, each additional ve minutes in perceived walking time to transit decreases transit ridership frequency by ve percent for nondrivers and by 25 percent for drivers. Older adults are likely to ride transit more o en if they are male, nonwhite, and low income.

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Access to Public Transit and Its Influence on Ridership for Older Adults in Two U.S. Cities

Hess

2009

JTLU

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“…The general observation has been that, indeed, access to vision rehabilitation may be impaired by a variety of barriers. In the West Virginia Survey of Visual Health, 3 economics and transportation were major culprits in this regard. Additionally, lack of knowledge about vision rehabilitation services was substantial, with only 18% of the survey sample being aware of their existence.…”

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Barriers to Low Vision Rehabilitation: The Montreal Barriers Study

Overbury

Wittich

2011

Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.

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“…ITS, for example, may improve overall system efficiency, and may be convenient for users and help to improve the timeliness of public transit, however, it is of little use to those with visual, cultural or situational impairments. For those who either cannot clearly see, read or understand the language in which ITS data is presented, or those who are simply not close enough to read information displays, ITS proves to be neither efficient nor convenient and can instead prove to be confusing and frustrating (Walter et al 2004) (see Figure 5). Similarly, information disseminated via web sites may not be functionally Figure 5.…”

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Bus rapid transit identity meets universal design

Bitterman

Hess

2008

Disability & Society

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As bus rapid transit (BRT) systems continue to become more popular and as capital expenditure for such projects continues to grow, careful consideration of BRT identity design becomes ever more necessary. Properly considered identity systems can ensure accessibility to and usability of physical features and can also ensure that BRT systems are accessible and practical to use. Based on the seven principles of universal design, this article proposes a basic means to evaluate existing and planned BRT identity systems. The article concludes with recommendations for evaluators and guidelines for designers of BRT identity systems that will help to ensure the practical usability of BRT identity systems by a broad audience of diverse users, regardless of physical, cognitive or situational ability.

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West Virginia survey of visual health: Low vision and barriers to access

Cited by 23 publications

References 16 publications

Access to Public Transit and Its Influence on Ridership for Older Adults in Two U.S. Cities

Access to Public Transit and Its Influence on Ridership for Older Adults in Two U.S. Cities

Barriers to Low Vision Rehabilitation: The Montreal Barriers Study

Bus rapid transit identity meets universal design

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