How do people with cognitive functional limitations post-stroke manage the use of buses in local public transport?

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-118

  Risser, Ralf ^a   Iwarsson, Susanne ^b   Ståhl, Agneta ^b  

^a FACTUM OG   (Austria)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Behaviour observations; Mixed methods approach; Persons with cognitive functional limitations; Usability

Indexed keywords

BUS DRIVERS; BUS TRANSPORTATION; BUSES; ROADS AND STREETS;

ACCESSIBILITY; BEHAVIOUR OBSERVATIONS; MIXED METHOD; PERSONS WITH COGNITIVE FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONS; USABILITY;

VEHICLE TO VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 84855816769     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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