Document Type

Survey

Publication Date

2003

Subject Area

Location - USA, Transport planning - Accessibility planning, Transport planning - Demographics, Transport planning - Transport demand, Transport planning - Transport mapping, Transport planning - Transport need

Abstract

Almost any activity that people engage in outside the home – working, managing personal business, socializing – relies on access to transportation of some kind. And many factors, from sidewalk design to the width of the airplane aisles, affect peoples’ access to transportation. Years of gathering data and conducting research have focused on identifying the transportation habits and needs of America’s general population, but until now, no national data has allowed for analyses of the specific transportation habits and needs of people with disabilities, nor provided for contrasts to the non-disabled population. Faced with a wide spectrum of transportation demands, planners and policy makers need this kind of information in order to determine where transportation investments should be made. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), an operating administration within the U.S. Department of Transportation, set out to fill this data gap by developing and conducting the 2002 National Transportation Availability and Use Survey. The survey was designed to identify the impact of transportation on the work and social lives of people with disabilities, and the extent to which such impact is unique to that population.

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