Travel Chain Enabler: Development of a pilot instrument for assessment of urban public bus transport accessibility

Technology and Disability

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-12

  Iwarsson, Susanne ^a   Jensen, Gunilla ^a,b   Ståhl, Agneta ^b  

^a Division of Occupational Therapy   (Sweden)

^b LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disability; Environment; Occupational therapy; Traffic planning and engineering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RELIABILITY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAVEL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0033913878     PISSN: 10554181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/tad-2000-12102     Document Type: Article

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