TRANSED 2007 COMOTRED : 11th international conference on mobility and transport for elderly and disabled persons (TRANSED), Montreal Convention Centre, June 18-22, 2007. Conference proceedings / 11e conference internationale sur la mobilite et le transport des personnes agees ou a mobilite reduite (COMOTRED), Palais des congres de Montreal, 18 au 22 juin 2007. Actes de la conference
Language: English Language: French Publication details: Ottawa Government of Canada. Transport Canada, 2007Description: CDSubject(s): Bibl.nr: VTI 2007.0281Location: Notes: 2 ex. Libris Abstract: More than 600 delegates from 36 countries met in Montreal for the 11th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons (TRANSED), a triennial conference and touchstone for issues related to accessible transportation. Audible traffic lights, safe mobility for seniors and paratransit solutions were just some of the items on the agenda at TRANSED 2007. The event, held under the banner of "Benchmarking, Evaluation and Vision for the Future", introduced a dynamic range of subjects to the program, with 140 papers presented over 45 sessions. Though diverse in approach, the topics on tap share a common denominator: universality. This applies equally to air travel, tourism, public transit, and tools for evaluating elderly drivers, as well as infrastructure issues such as eliminating obstacles for the visual and hearing impaired, be it better signage or signals throughout the "trip chain,"a term that describes the process of getting from point A to point B.| Cover image | Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | URL | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | Item hold queue priority | Course reserves | |
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More than 600 delegates from 36 countries met in Montreal for the 11th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons (TRANSED), a triennial conference and touchstone for issues related to accessible transportation. Audible traffic lights, safe mobility for seniors and paratransit solutions were just some of the items on the agenda at TRANSED 2007. The event, held under the banner of "Benchmarking, Evaluation and Vision for the Future", introduced a dynamic range of subjects to the program, with 140 papers presented over 45 sessions. Though diverse in approach, the topics on tap share a common denominator: universality. This applies equally to air travel, tourism, public transit, and tools for evaluating elderly drivers, as well as infrastructure issues such as eliminating obstacles for the visual and hearing impaired, be it better signage or signals throughout the "trip chain,"a term that describes the process of getting from point A to point B.
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