Disabled travel and urban environment: A literature review

X Shen, S Zheng, R Wang, Q Li, Z Xu, X Wang… - … Research Part D …, 2023 - Elsevier
The relationship between urban environment and the travel of people with disabilities has
received scholarly attention. Studies have analyzed disabled travel from multiple …

The effects of assistance dogs on psychosocial health and wellbeing: A systematic literature review

KE Rodriguez, J Greer, JK Yatcilla, AM Beck… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Beyond the functional tasks that assistance dogs are trained for, there is growing literature
describing their benefits on the psychosocial health and wellbeing of their handlers …

Understanding the role of transportation-related social interaction in travel behavior and health: A qualitative study of adults with disabilities

AL Cochran - Journal of Transport & Health, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction People with disabilities experience particular transportation challenges that
arise from socializing while in transit. Completing or anticipating transportation-related social …

Disability, access to out-of-home activities, and subjective well-being

K Ralph, EA Morris, J Kwon - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
People with disabilities tend to participate in fewer out-of-home activities, raising concerns
about their well-being. This paper investigates travel and activity barriers faced by people …

Transportation patterns demonstrate inequalities in community participation for working-age Americans with disabilities

M Henly, DL Brucker - Transportation research part A: policy and practice, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper utilizes newly available data from the 2017 National Household Travel Survey to
examine travel patterns within the US for persons with disabilities. Our analysis finds that …

The impact of COVID-19 and pandemic mitigation measures on persons with sensory impairment

A Bernard, S Weiss, M Rahman, SS Ulin… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated mitigation
measures on persons with sensory impairments (SI), including visual impairments (VI) and …

Experiments with RouteNav, A Wayfinding App for Blind Travelers in a Transit Hub

P Ren, J Lam, R Manduchi, F Mirzaei - Proceedings of the 25th …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
RouteNav is an iOS app designed to support wayfinding for blind travelers in an
indoor/outdoor transit hub. It doesn't rely on external infrastructure (such as BLE beacons); …

The dignity experience of people with disability when using trains and buses in an Australian city

K Chapman, C Ehrlich, J O'Loghlen… - Disability & Society, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
When transport systems are accessible and inclusive, people with disability experience
dignity. Alternatively, when personal mobility is constrained by physical, social and/or …

Disability-specific factors in paratransit system continuance: Implications for transportation policy and practice in low-income developing countries

A Ekramifard, N Khademi, K Chaiyasarn, Z Zheng - Transport policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Transportation systems are a basis of disability-related activity involvement in
society. In Tehran, the capital of Iran, a paratransit system for disabled people has been …

Relationship of employment barriers to age of onset of vision loss

A Steverson - Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Method Data for this study are from a national transportation survey conducted by the
National Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision which included 492 …