Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies
Online ISSN : 1881-1124
ISSN-L : 1341-8521
PARA-TRANSIT, MOTORBIKE AND NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORT
AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON VULNERABLE INDIVIDUAL PROTECTION SERVICES IN TAIPEI: THE CASE OF THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
Chi-Chung TAO
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2005 Volume 6 Pages 249-261

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Abstract
This paper provides a strategy planning to design a new portable LED-display system, named Travel Kit, based on an extensive survey and demand function analysis among visually impaired persons in Taipei, Taiwan. Accessibility to take a bus, ability to travel and Dilemma of daily affair are three measures to evaluate performance of Travel kit. Using two samples T-test to compare the number of successfully boarding the requested bus before and after employing Travel Kit, it shows that Travel Kit significantly improves not only in boarding a bus, but also increasing the ability of independence for individual visual impairment to take transit in Taipei.
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© 2005 Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies
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