TCRP Synthesis 37 Communicating with Persons with Disabilities in a Multimodal Transit Environment: A Synthesis of Transit Practice
 




Transportation Research Board

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TRANSIT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM

TCRP SYNTHESIS 37


Communicating with Persons with Disabilities in a
Multimodal Transit Environment

A Synthesis of Transit Practice


Consultant

ANGELA S. IANNUZZIELLO
ENTRA Consultants
Cincinnati, Ohio


Topic Panel

DENNIS CANNON, U.S. Access Board
KATHLEEN DELANEY, Montgomery County Transit
KATHERINE M. HUNTER-ZAWORSKI, Oregon State University
ROSEMARY G. MATHIAS, Multisystems, Inc.
JAMES A. SCOTT, Transportation Research Board
NANCY J. SMITH, Project ACTION
JENINE STANLEY, JMS–CAT
MICHAEL VIRTS, Federal Transit Administration
ALEX VINCENT, Transport Canada
PARK WOODWORTH, King County Metro



Subject Areas
Public Transit

Research Sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration in Cooperation with the Transit Development Corporation

TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD -- NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- 2001



    TCRP SYNTHESIS 37

    Project J-7, Topic SB-05
    ISSN 1073-4880
    ISBN 0-309-06903-3
    Library of Congress Control No. 00-135479

    © 2001 Transportation Research Board

    Price $26.00


    NOTICE

    The project that is the subject of this report was a part of the Transit Cooperative Research Program conducted by the Transportation Research Board with the approval of the Governing Board of the National Research Council. Such approval reflects the Governing Board's judgment that the project concerned is appropriate with respect to both the purposes and resources of the National Research Council.

         The members of the technical advisory panel selected to monitor this project and to review this report were chosen for recognized scholarly competence and with due consideration for the balance of disciplines appropriate to the project. The opinions and conclusions expressed or implied are those of the research agency that performed the research, and while they have been accepted as appropriate by the technical panel, they are not necessarily those of the Transportation Research Board, the Transit Development Corporation, the National Research Council, or the Federal Transit Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

         Each report is reviewed and accepted for publication by the technical panel according to procedures established and monitored by the Transportation Research Board Executive Committee and the Governing Board of the National Research Council.


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