Document Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
2010
Subject Area
Mobility - Vision Impairment, Transport accessibility - Access to Technology, Transport planning - Accessibility planning
Abstract
The objectives of this paper were to identify the problems and requirements of the visual impaired in the transit environment by questionnaire survey and develop a transit information assistant system base on the APTS technology. The questionnaire includes forty items under six categories to understand the difficulties and requirements for of visual impaired in the transit environment. Regarding the investigation results, the major requirements including trip planning, identify the location of accessible station and correct vehicle. This paper also designed the system architecture of TIAS base on the smart phone or any portable navigation device (PND), database server and application server.
Rights
Permission to publish the paper has been given by TRANSED 2010, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Su, J., Chang, C., Ho, W., & Liao, H. (2010). Development of transit information assistant system for the visual impaired in a multimodal transit environment. Conference paper delivered at The 12th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons (TRANSED) held in Hong Kong on 2-4 June, 2010.
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