Bus rapid transit accessibility guidelines.

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• Alternative Title:
  BRT accessibility guidelines
• Creators:
  Rickert, Tom
• Corporate Creators:
  World Bank
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bus rapid transit
  • Bus transit
  • Public transit
  • Accessibility
  • Guidelines
  • Physical handicaps
  • Physically handicapped persons
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Colombia
• Corporate Publisher:
  World Bank
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-Transit Economics and Finance ; NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Transit Planning and Policy ; NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Bus Transportation ; NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Transit Planning and Policy
• Abstract:
  In recent years helpful guides have appeared in both English and Spanish to assist planners ; and officials to construct accessible buildings and pedestrian infrastructure which are usable ; by seniors, persons with disabilities, and all others who especially benefit from universal ; design. Less has been written about access to public transport systems. Very little guidance ; is available concerning specific issues which confront those planning Bus Rapid Transit ; (BRT) systems – mass transit systems which incorporate a spectrum of design and ; operational features on integrated trunk and feeder routes and which were initiated in Latin ; America and are now spreading throughout the region and beyond. ; In Colombia, BRT systems are in different stages of ; planning, implementation, and expansion. Bogota’s ; well-known TransMilenio is expanding and Pereira’s ; Megabús BRT system recently opened. Planning ; and construction are moving forward for Cali’s El ; MIO, the Metroplús system in Medellín, Metrolínea ; in Bucaramanga, Transmetro in Barranquilla, and ; Transcaribe in Cartagena, all scheduled to being ; operation in 2007 or 2008. Colombia will thus be the ; first country in the world to provide integrated ; systems of mass transport in most of its major cities. ; External funding for these systems is provided by the ; World Bank, with the exception of Cali, where funding is provided by the Inter-American ; Development Bank. Conscious of their role in promoting “transport for all” around the world, ; institutions such as the World Bank are working with the national Ministry of Transport and ; municipal stakeholders to promote the accessible design and operation of BRT systems in ; Colombia and beyond. The Bank has learned much from the pioneering accessibility ; features of TransMilenio and from Medellín’s Metro and Metrocable systems, as well as from ; existing and planned BRT systems throughout Latin America. This experience, combined ; with what has been learned from other regions, has resulted in the publication of these BRT ; Accessibility Guidelines. ; The guidelines focus on the BRT environment and assume that interested parties can take ; advantage of existing guidelines to clarify general issues of access to public space, buildings, ; and pedestrian infrastructure. The guidelines generally follow the travel path of a passenger ; using a full-featured Bus Rapid Transit system. The accessible travel chain begins with ; sidewalks and pedestrian crossings and continues into a typical mid-island station served by ; buses with left-side doors (in countries where traffic drives on the right side). Buses pull up to ; an enclosed station with a ramped platform the height of the bus floor. The guidelines then ; Construction of BRT line in ; Cali, Colombia ; BRT Accessibility Guidelines ; 2 ; focus on station features, crossing the gap into the bus, and bus features. Due to the ; integrated nature of BRT, the guidelines focus equally on both trunk line and feeder line ; issues while acknowledging that a long-term planning process may be needed to identify ; funding for improved feeder line infrastructure and vehicles. Costs and benefits are ; discussed in a separate document, but most of the features ; discussed in this guide are low cost or even without cost in ; new features. The accessibility features are usually ; examples of universal design which not only assist disabled ; passengers but also make BRT more attractive to other ; categories of passengers. The guidelines put special ; emphasis on BRT features which have proven to be ; problematic according to findings by planners and ; passengers. Special “alert” notices are placed to further ; emphasize these sections. References are provided with ; further information on the topics in the guide. Information on ; the references is found in the Resources section at the rear ; of this report. A Check List to assist task manages to apply the guidelines is added as an ; appendix. The CD version of this guide provides additional resource materials. Photos not ; credited are by the author. ; Appreciation is expressed to those who have commented on the draft version of these ; guidelines, including but not limited to the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Colombia; ; representatives of agencies in all seven of the Colombian cities operating or phasing in BRT ; systems; and persons with disabilities and their NGOs in Bogotá, Cartagena, Cali, ; Bucaramanga, and Medellín. Special thanks to other individual reviewers, including Arq. ; Claudia Sánchez (Colombia), Dr. CGB (Kit) Mitchell (United Kingdom), Dr. Christoffel Venter ; (South Africa), Arq. Silvia Coriat (Argentina), Ing. Gerhard Menckhoff (World Bank), and Lic. ; María Eugenia Antúnez and Arq. Andrés Balcázar (México).
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17856/dot_17856_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 16.99 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4a7d1de16e210e014d4e6f6a982761f6872ca58d36d397094c1189a42938316e