Wheelchair Securement Systems in Transit Vehicles: A Summary Report

Details

• Creators:
  Brenner, Enid ; Giangrande, R. V.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Comfort
  • Physical disabilities
  • Persons with disabilities
  • Wheelchairs
  • Scooters
  • Vehicles
  • Public transit
  • Design criteria
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-TSC-UMTA-81-43
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1527058
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Description:
  This report is a summary of the National Workshop on Wheelchair Securement In Transit Vehicles held December 7-10, 1980, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Transportation Systems Center's Office of Technology Sharing, in cooperation with the Urban Mass Transportation Administration's Office of Socio-Economic and Special Projects, sponsored and managed the Workshop. It was a cooperative effort involving the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), equipment manufactureres, state/local transportation units, and the R&D community. The first part summarizes the discussion of the state-of-the-art and the problems with exist. The second part contains the recommendations of the group.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11486/dot_11486_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.91 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5a4e4dc437af2d5b0e6ff0e14c9ca12b8bb6ddfe72bcf81c0c6c4984c95e4a30