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A study on the Barriers in Accessibility for the Disabled at Bus Terminal

Authors :
Yin Mun Lee
Kun Xin Wai
Devi Rajendran Salini
Source :
E3S Web of Conferences, Vol 136, p 04084 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
EDP Sciences, 2019.

Abstract

Transportation is a highly significant issue for the people with disabilities. The lack of accessibility in bus terminal has led to drawbacks and restricts many of the disabled from moving around without any restriction. The purpose of this research is to identify the barriers of accessibility for the disabled in bus terminals in Malaysia. The main objective of this work was to analyze the level of satisfaction of disabled toward the accessibility in bus terminal and identify the barriers of accessibility for disabled in bus terminal. This study is only focusing on the structural barriers. There are five factors affecting the structural barriers which are infrastructure, pedestrian environment, vehicle design, planning and information. The relationship between these variables and accessibility of disabled people in bus terminal was studied. This work was carried out based on quantitative research method. Questionnaire was used for data collection and data analysis was done using SPSS software in terms of inferential analysis. The key findings of this work showed that all variable has a significant relationship with accessibility of disabled people in bus terminal.

Subjects

Subjects :
Environmental sciences
GE1-350

Details

Language :
English, French
ISSN :
22671242
Volume :
136
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
E3S Web of Conferences
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.70d6196237124422a075ac1d7c3cd760
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/201913604084