Accessibility and Public Transport Research at UCL

Promoting Accessible Transport for mobility-impaired people in Hackney (PATH)

Funding

Bridge House Estates Trust Fund

Description

This project has developed a special accessible minibus service (the "Hackney Plusbus") which provides transport to mobility-impaired people in Hackney. A second element of this project has designed and implemented a transport co-ordination centre for mobility-impaired people in Hackney. This enables them to obtain accessible transport when and where they want without the need for extensive pre-booking. The special bus service is one of the services available to the co-ordination centre. The original services has recently been re-routed following the award of funding to Hackney Community Transport for a second Plusbus service. We are currently updating the accessible information about both services. More services are expected to start during 2001.

Contact

Nick Tyler

Reports

LYNAS, J.R. (1998)  The Hackney Plusbus Scheme: Initial Monitoring and Review. Working paper, University of London Centre for Transport Studies, London.

LYNAS, J.R. (1997)  The Hackney Plusbus Project. Working paper, University of London Centre for Transport Studies, London.

TYLER N.A., N.L.C.K. BROWN and J.R. LYNAS (1997) Improving accessibility to bus systems for elderly people. Paper presented at Ville et Vieillissement. Arles, France, October 1997.

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