Developing a Fuzzy-Logic Method for Evaluating the Accessibility of Disable People to Public Transportation in Rural Communities

This research will introduce a method to evaluate the accessibility of public transportation services for disabled people in rural areas. The proposed approach will fill the gap of the existing evaluation methods by (1) transforming the existing transportation-quality evaluation to an accessibility-quality evaluation focused on disabled people in rural areas; (2) evaluating accessibility for four major disability types; and (3) introducing a fuzzy-logic assessment that generates a quantitative score for the evaluation.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $80000
• Sponsor Organizations:

  United States Department of Transportation - FHWA - TTAP

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC    20590

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Performing Organizations:

  Washington State University, Pullman

  Civil & Environmental Engineering Department
  PO Box 642910
  Pullman, WA  United States  99164-2910
• Start Date: 20190916
• Expected Completion Date: 20210915
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Evaluation and assessment; Fuzzy logic; Persons with disabilities; Public transit; Rural areas
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01723935
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium
• Files: UTC, RiP
• Created Date: Nov 27 2019 6:41PM