scholarly journals An Evaluation of the Universal Accessibility of Bus Stop Environments by Senior Tourists

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 835-840
Author(s):  
Manuela P. Rosa ◽  
Patrícia Costa Pinto ◽  
Hugo Assunção
Keyword(s):  
Bus Stop ◽  
Universal Accessibility

scholarly journals Pavimentos Táteis em Paragens de Autocarro

2021 ◽  
pp. 241
Author(s):  
MANUELA PIRES ROSA ◽  
GERMANA SANTIAGO DE MELLO
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Built Environments ◽  
Multimodal Interface ◽  
Visual Disability ◽  
Bus Stop ◽  
Universal Accessibility ◽  
Bus Stops ◽  
Technical Solutions

 O Projeto de Investigação ACCES4ALL focaliza-se em interfaces modais projetadas de acordo com o conceito de “Design Universal”. Tem como objetivo principal desenvolver um estudo piloto de uma paragem de autocarros acessível, inteligente e sustentável, a localizar numa interface multimodal. Num contexto de sustentabilidade social, os ambientes construídos inclusivos têm de garantir acessibilidade universal. Assim, as pessoas com deficiência visual necessitam de pavimentos táteis e/ou com diferenciação cromática que forneçam orientação e informação sobre os espaços e os meios de transporte. Com esta comunicação pretende-se apresentar exemplos internacionais de sistemas de encaminhamento, através de pavimentos táteis, em paragens de autocarro, tendo-se recorrido a pesquisa bibliográfica e realizado desenhos técnicos. Os resultados indicam que existe uma grande diversidade de soluções técnicas de encaminhamento tátil no ambiente construído, recomendando-se a necessidade de harmonização de soluções podotáteis no mundo, considerando um contexto de Turismo Acessível.Palavras-chave: Turismo Acessível. Acessibilidade universal. Ambiente construído. Paragens de autocarro. Pavimentos táteis. Pessoas com deficiência visual. Tactile Floors at Bus StopsABSTRACTThe ACCES4ALL research project focuses on modal interfaces designed according to the concept of "Universal Design". Its main objective is to develop a pilot study of an accessible, smart and sustainable bus stop to be located at a multimodal interface. In a context of social sustainability, inclusive built environments must guarantee universal accessibility. Thus, people with visual disability need tactile and/or chromatically differentiated pavements that provide orientation and information about spaces and means of transport. This paper intends to present international examples of guiding systems, through tactile surfaces, at bus stops, having resorted to bibliographic research and technical drawings. The results indicate that there is a great diversity of technical solutions for tactile routing in the built environment, recommending the need for harmonization of podotactile solutions in the world, considering an Accessible Tourism context. Keywords: Accessible Tourism. Universal accessibility. Built environment. Bus stops. Tactile surfaces. People with visual disability.

scholarly journals A Systematic Review: The Next Generation Science Standards and the Increased Cultural Diversity

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alaa A. Asowayan ◽  
Sammar Y. Ashreef ◽  
Sozan H. Omar
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Social Presence ◽  
Cultural Sensitivity ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Academic Excellence ◽  
Online Mentoring ◽  
Science Standards ◽  
Universal Accessibility ◽  
Proper Power

This systematic review aims to explore the effect of NGSS on students’ academic excellence. Specifically, considering increased cultural diversity, it is appropriate to identify student’s science-related values, respectful features of teachers’ cultural competence, and underlying challenges and detect in what ways these objectives are addressed by NGSS. Exploring the phenomena of effects, the qualitative evidence is collected. The sample consists of 52 academic entries (empirical researches and case studies) that shed light on the researched question. Summarized data is processed using thematic analysis. The findings reveal that modern students possess such science-related values as social presence, decreased power distance with tutors, simplicity of learning process, multitasking, universal accessibility of learning instruments, readiness to work with big data, readiness to use online software and tools. Simultaneously, teachers are expected to have such cultural competencies as cultural sensitivity, online mentoring, gut feeling about the proper power distance, and social presence. The lack of these competencies results in the emergence of various challenges in an educational setting.

Scheduling a Bus Fleet for Evacuation Planning Using Stop-Skipping Method

2021 ◽  
pp. 036119812110200
Author(s):  
Hu Zhao ◽  
Shumin Feng ◽  
Yusheng Ci
Keyword(s):  
Waiting Time ◽  
Ant Colony Algorithm ◽  
Programming Model ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Mathematical Programming Model ◽  
Fleet Size ◽  
Bus Stop ◽  
Passenger Demand ◽  
Service Strategies ◽  
Bus System

Sudden passenger demand at a bus stop can lead to numerous passengers gathering at the stop, which can affect bus system operation. Bus system operators often deal with this problem by adopting peer-to-peer service, where empty buses are added to the fleet and dispatched directly to the stop where passengers are gathered (PG-stop). However, with this strategy, passengers at the PG-stop have a long waiting time to board a bus. Thus, this paper proposes a novel mathematical programming model to reduce the passenger waiting time at a bus stop. A more complete stop-skipping model that including four cases for passengers’ waiting time at bus stops is proposed in this study. The stop-skipping decision and fleet size are modeled as a dynamic program to obtain the optimal strategy that minimizes the passenger waiting time, and the optimization model is solved with an improved ant colony algorithm. The proposed strategy was implemented on a bus line in Harbin, China. The results show that, during the evacuation, using the stop-skipping strategy not only reduced the total waiting time for passengers but also decreased the proportion of passengers with a long waiting time (>6 min) at the stops. Compared with the habitual and peer-to-peer service strategies, the total waiting time for passengers is reduced by 31% and 23%, respectively. Additionally, the proportion of passengers with longer waiting time dropped to 43.19% by adopting the stop-skipping strategy, compared with 72.68% with the habitual strategy and 47.5% with the peer-to-peer service strategy.

scholarly journals Is there an imbalance in the supply and demand for universal accessibility knowledge? Twenty years of UAIS papers viewed through the lens of WCAG

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frode Eika Sandnes
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
North America ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
Universal Accessibility ◽  
Geographical Regions ◽  
Research Profile ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

AbstractPurpose: Some universal accessibility practitioners have voiced that they experience a mismatch in the research focus and the need for knowledge within specialized problem domains. This study thus set out to identify the balance of research into the main areas of accessibility, the impact of this research, and how the research profile varies over time and across geographical regions. Method: All UAIS papers indexed in Scopus were analysed using bibliometric methods. The WCAG taxonomy of accessibility was used for the analysis, namely perceivable, operable, and understandable. Results: The results confirm the expectation that research into visual impairment has received more attention than papers addressing operable and understandable. Although papers focussing on understandable made up the smallest group, papers in this group attracted more citations. Funded research attracted fewer citations than research without funding. The breakdown of research efforts appears consistent over time and across different geographical regions. Researchers in Europe and North America have been active throughout the last two decades, while Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Middle East became active in during the last five years. There is also seemingly a growing trend of out-of-scope papers. Conclusions: Based on the findings, several recommendations are proposed to the UAIS editorial board.

An agent-based model for real-time bus stop-skipping and holding schemes

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lele Zhang ◽  
Jiangyan Huang ◽  
Zhiyuan Liu ◽  
Hai L. Vu
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Agent Based Model ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Bus Stop
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