Accessibility and the Bus System

Transforming the World
2. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-7277-5980-1
Verlag: Emerald Publishing Limited

Buch, Englisch, 412 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 726 g

A comprehensive view of what buses can and cannot do, how we can make sure that they
provide the maximum positive contribution to the functioning of a city while minimising the
negative impacts, and how to design and implement a fully accessible, safe and sufficient
bus system that is genuinely available to all members of society, irrespective of their
capabilities.
Drawing on the author’s global experience, this new edition treats 21st century needs for
urban transport in a holistic way, and enables the reader to consider the realities of modern
cities to develop transport systems and policy based on sound thinking.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tyler, Nick

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Verkehrsingenieurwesen, Verkehrsplanung
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Verkehrsplanung, Verkehrspolitik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Ergonomie, Barrierefreiheit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Cities and their need for a transport system
2. Determining who should have what: capabilities, equality, equity, difference and wellbeing
3. The four pillars: Accessibility, Mobility, Movement and Transport
4. How a bus system helps to implement policy
5. Access to the bus system: where and how this can be achieved
6. Passengers and pedestrians
7. The interface between vehicles and infrastructure
8. Capacity of the bus system
9. Service provision: routes and frequency
10. Bus system: London
11. Bus system: Curitiba
12. Bus system: Bogotá
13. Energy and emissions
14. Accessibility and interfaces with the pedestrian system
15. Possibilities for the future: sustainability, resilience and ‘adaptivity’
16. Conclusions