Orientation Maps for Visually Impaired Persons

1977 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 193-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Billie Louise Bentzen
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Spatial Relationships ◽  
Rapid Transit ◽  
Transit System ◽  
Travel Planning ◽  
Orientation Maps ◽  
Tactile Maps ◽  
Visually Impaired Persons ◽  
The City

Copies of two tactile maps—a relatively simple map of the Boston rapid transit system and a detailed map of the Boston-Cambridge area—were given to each of 18 visually impaired travelers. These individuals agreed to plan and travel an unfamiliar route using the maps and to report back on their experiences to peripatologists and map makers. Both maps proved helpful in travel planning and in gaining a better understanding of the spatial relationships of the city and of the relationships of major transportation links.

3B Rapid Transit: Yangzhou’s Ecology-Based Urban Development Research

2011 ◽  
Vol 280 ◽  
pp. 36-39
Author(s):  
Yu Jing Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Urban Transport ◽  
Pattern Language ◽  
Bus Rapid Transit ◽  
Development Research ◽  
Rapid Transit ◽  
Main Mode ◽  
Transit System ◽  
Development And Utilization ◽  
Mode Of Transport ◽  
The City

The paper considers the development and utilization of the Yangzhou’s Canal is not enough, the city's achievements in building a far cry from the once glorious, now can not meet the future transport planning has been far from development. This paper then made twenty creative pattern language to develop the city's green transport, including the characteristics of canal traffic and the bike and bus rapid transit system as the city's main mode of transport, to create a set of Boats, Buses, Bikes (3B Rapid Transit) in one of the three healthy, environmentally friendly urban transport network, reshaping the image of the city, another city of glory.

scholarly journals The bus rapid transit system: A service quality dimension of commuter uptake in Cape Town, South Africa

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prince D. Ugo
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Stated Preference ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Bus Rapid Transit ◽  
Rapid Transit ◽  
Transit System ◽  
Area Of Interest ◽  
The City

This study evaluated commuter uptake of the bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Cape Town,South Africa. As a stated preference survey was not carried out prior to the launch of the new BRT system in the City of Cape Town, it became difficult to assess commuters’ preferences,which would have provided City policymakers and planners with an understanding of customer satisfaction of the proposed bus service. The commuting trend of the BRT system in the City indicates that tickets sales and utilisation by commuters is gradually picking up, but one would have expected high commuter engagement in terms of the modernity profile of the BRT system. This study investigated commuters’ (n = 260) satisfaction levels with 30 service quality variables on a self-rated questionnaire, using quantitative research methodology.The study result showed that passengers were not satisfied with the transport fare and the availability or accessibility of ticket sales outlets. In the context of this study, this result implies that the ‘responsiveness and affordability’ variable of the service quality dimensions should be an area of interest and review to City of Cape Town policymakers and planners. Service quality trends in public transport were also highlighted.

scholarly journals A Policy Move towardsSustainable Urban Transport in Pakistan: Measuring the Social, Environmental and Economic Impacts of Lahore BRT System

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-57
Author(s):  
Irem Batool ◽  
Muhammad Irshad ◽  
Muhammad Abid
Keyword(s):  
Travel Time ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Bus Rapid Transit ◽  
Rapid Transit ◽  
Modal Shift ◽  
Transit System ◽  
Travel Mode ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
The City

We examine the impacts of a sustainable urban transport initiative, the first Bus Rapid Transit System launched in Lahore, Pakistan in year 2013.Wemeasure the socio-economic and environmental impacts of theBRTusing aquestionnaire-based survey that collected informationon customers’ travel purpose, travel frequency, travel time, mode access, previous travel mode choices (pre-BRT) and travel mode choices at present. Weestimate that,on average,a BRTpassenger savesabout 46 minutes per day on a singletrip. However, the modal shift from personal automobiles to theBRT system is found to be only 4 percent, i.e.,significantlyless than the shift found in otherworldwide BRT systems.Moreover, weestimate the reduction inthenumber of private vehicles on roads, total distance travelled in km and associated travelling costs and,subsequently,the reduction in the carbonemissions. We concludethat the Lahore BRTtransit systemneeds to be expandedto other parts of the city.

Physical 3D models from LIDAR data as tactile maps for visually impaired persons

2011 ◽  
pp. 169-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Friederike Schwarzbach ◽  
Tapani Sarjakoski ◽  
Juha Oksanen ◽  
L. Tiina Sarjakoski ◽  
Suvi Weckman
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Lidar Data ◽  
Tactile Maps ◽  
Visually Impaired Persons

Relevance of Research Methods for the Design of Urban Open Public Spaces for Persons with Visual Impairments

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 52-55
Author(s):  
Marta Dischinger ◽  
Vera Helena Moro Bins Ely
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Difficult Situation ◽  
Technological Research ◽  
City Life ◽  
Visually Impaired Persons ◽  
The City

In spite of the advances in high technological research creating devices to support spatial orientation of visually impaired persons, they still confront a difficult situation in public urban spaces, which are seldom accessible to them. Design solutions aiming to improve their accessibility means to enhance their perception and understanding of space, to increase their possibilities of orientation and of taking independent decisions, and also to enable them participate in the city life. For a design of this kind it is necessary to understand their rights as citizens, and their particular needs and problems arising from the reduction, or absence of vision. To reach understanding of the problem, from another frame of reference that is not visual, it is essential to develop special research methods to analyse urban spaces, and to obtain first-hand information about spatial experiences of visually impaired persons.

scholarly journals Mental health how (re)constitutive tool in ways of living of visually impaired persons

10.3823/2596 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Érico Gurgel Amorim ◽  
Jacileide Guimarães ◽  
Olivia Morais de Medeiros Neta ◽  
Ingrid Gurgel Amorim ◽  
Rafael Otávio Bezerra de Morais
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Semistructured Interview ◽  
The Face ◽  
Impaired Person ◽  
The One ◽  
Visually Impaired Persons ◽  
The City

Objective: to analyze mental health in the face of visual impairment, identifying the stages of psychological distress in the encounter with the not seeing. Method: This is an exploratory study with a qualitative approach. Fifteen adults with visual impairment attended at a specialized ophthalmology ambulatory in a university hospital in the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil were studied, from June to August 2015, through a semistructured interview. The speeches were analyzed based on the theory of mourning. Results: the results showed that the mental health of the visually impaired person is structured through a normative apparatus constituted of individual and social attributes dynamically constructed. These attributes are related to the constitution of stages of mourning, characterized by shock, denial, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. The mental health of the visually impaired person contemplates the phases of normal mourning, established before the condition of visual loss, as structuring mode in a process of personal reconstruction, reflected in the ways of walking the life, proper from each one. Conclusion: With this study, it was possible to understand the ways of constitution and reconstitution of people in dealing with a new condition, the one of visual impairment, providing caregivers, family, and society with an ethical spirit and solidarity, more compliant and humane in the to deal with people with disabilities.

From a Compact City into a Metropolis

Last Subway ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 10-26
Author(s):  
Philip Mark Plotch
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Rapid Transit ◽  
Construction Costs ◽  
Transit System ◽  
Population Spread ◽  
Lower Manhattan ◽  
Subway System ◽  
The City ◽  
New Yorkers

This chapter discusses how the creation of an urban transportation system transformed New York City. After private railroad companies built tracks for elevated railroads (Els) above the city's streets in the 1870s, the city's population spread out and grew rapidly from Lower Manhattan. To continue growing, however, the city had to build electric-powered rail lines, underground, that would travel faster and further and would accommodate even more people than the Els. Thus, the City of New York paid the construction costs for its first subway and in 1900 entered into a long-term lease with the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) to build and operate it. In 1913, the City of New York entered into contracts with two companies—the IRT and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT)—to build more lines in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. However, in the early twentieth century, New York's politicians took a shortsighted approach to the transit system. Instead of raising fares, they raised false expectations that New Yorkers could have high-quality subway service with low fares. The repercussions would last for generations. The chapter then looks at the establishment of the Office of Transit Construction Commissioner, the construction of a city-owned and city-operated “Independent” (IND) subway system, and the planning for a Second Avenue subway.

Construction Techniques and Development of 1st Monorail System in Thailand

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Athasit Sirisonthi ◽  
Phongthorn Julphunthong ◽  
Suniti Suparp ◽  
Panuwat Joyklad
Keyword(s):  
Joint Venture ◽  
Economic Opportunity ◽  
Rapid Transit ◽  
Transit System ◽  
Park And Ride ◽  
Limited Space ◽  
Construction Techniques ◽  
Yellow Line ◽  
Elevated Structure ◽  
The City

<p>This paper aims to present the construction techniques and development of first and unique monorail system in Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies 1,568.7 km<span>2</span> and has a population of over eight million, or 12.6 percent of the country's population. In the last decade, Bangkok has attracted millions of migrants seeking economic opportunity and city is expanding quickly. Recently, Mass Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA) Thailand has decided to adopt monorail system in Bangkok as a rapid transit system due to the limited space, narrow roads and sharp curves in the city. The design of monorail track lines permits flexible and various alignments that include curves of small radiuses and large slopes. The first two projects i.e., Pink Line and Yellow Line projects consist of elevated structure around 64.9 km long, 53 stations, 2 depots and 2 park-and-ride buildings. MRTA has awarded these projects (design, test run and construction of first two lines) to the BSR Joint Venture who invited Sino-Thai Engineering &amp;</p>

scholarly journals Specifications of Cartographic Symbols for Indonesian Tactile Map

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Noorhadi Rahardjo ◽  
Ika Noor Muslihah M ◽  
Candra Sari Djati Kartika
Keyword(s):  
Information Transfer ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Specific Design ◽  
Visual Variables ◽  
Normal People ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Tactile Maps ◽  
Partially Sighted ◽  
The City ◽  
Yogyakarta City

Visual impairment people require a means of information transfer which different from normal people, it needs to be touched or amplified by audio, including maps that apprise them of the objects and events occurring on Earth. Cartographic Sciences have developed  tactile maps that offers touchable symbols for supporting blind and partially sighted people in recognizing the spatial distribution of geographical phenomena and their intercorrelation. Creating an informative tactile maps need a specific design of symbol, ancillary information, and map reproduction that meets the need and the capacity of its users. Unfortunately, there has been no international standardization for these map features that could be used as a foundation to build a standardization for our national tactile map. Therefore, this research adopted and modified the designs of tactile symbols published by the National Mapping Council of Australia, the Guidelines for Design of Tactile Graphics by American Printing House, the use of tactile variables by Vasconcellos, the Specifications of Topographic Elements Mapping by Bakosurtanal, and the application of visual variables of Bertin for cartographic mapping. The resultant symbol designs from the modification were applied to develop the tactile maps of Yogyakarta City on swell paper. Then, through interviews with map users (visually impaired people in the city), we evaluated these symbols from two aspects, comprehension of tactile variables and the types of the tactile maps required.

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