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BS EN 16585-3. Railway applications. Design for PRM use. Equipment and components on board rolling stock – Part 3. Clearways and internal doors

This document describes the specific 'Design for PRM use' requirements applying to rolling stock and the assessment of those requirements.…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

BS ISO 10542-1:2012+A1:2021 Technical systems and aids for disabled or handicapped persons. Wheelchair tiedown and occupant-restraint systems – Requirements and test methods for all systems

This part of ISO 10542 specifies design and performance requirements and associated test methods for wheelchair tiedown and occupant-restraint systems…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

BS EN 16584-3. Railway applications. Design for PRM use. General requirements – Part 3. Optical and friction characteristics

BS EN 16584 discusses the design for PRM use. BS EN 16584-3 is a European standard that provides optical and…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

BS EN 16586-2. Railway applications. Design for PRM use. Accessibility of persons with reduced mobility to rolling stock – Part 2. Boarding aids

UNDER REVIEW. BS EN 16586 discusses the design for persons with reduced mobility (PRM) use in railway applications.

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

TiPA: Transreport intelligent Passenger Assist for resilience during disruption

With increasing numbers of disabled customers now seeing rail travel as a real option due to improvements in accessibility, many…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

PAS 2012-1:2019 – M1 vehicles for the carriage of one or more passengers seated in wheelchairs – Manufacturing requirements. Specification

This revised PAS is the first in a two-part series on passenger vehicles which have been modified to carry wheelchairs,…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

Suvery on Air Travel for Wheelchair Customers

ableMove along with Flying Disabled undertook a survey of 336 wheelchair respondents (powered and manual) spanning the US, UK, Europe,…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

Disabled Cyclists and the Deficit Model of Disability

Disability and cycling rarely appear in the same sentence and there is very little research about cyclists with physical disabilities.…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

Mobility and healthy ageing in the city: Exploring opportunities and challenges of autonomous vehicles for older adults’ outdoor mobility

Older adults face outdoor mobility challenges due to age-related changes and problems linked to the transportation system. The advent of…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024

The pursuit of satisfaction: Variation in satisfaction with bus transit service among riders with encumbrances and riders with disabilities using a large-scale survey from London, UK

To retain and grow ridership, transit agencies continuously survey riders to learn how to improve services and understand what leads…

rbh_admin_2318 December 2024