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ITS Australia Summit 2023

Accesibility and Technology: Solving the most difficult accesibility cases benefits all public transport users

Abstract

Talk Description

Institution: La Trobe University - VIC, Australia


This presentation shows how innovation for people with disability is spearheading benefits for all end users.

It will share the findings and video's of recently completed Accessibility projects:

1. Giving control over Automated Vehicles to People with Disability (Partners: HMI, iMOVE)
End users can operate an Automated Shuttle as simple and safe as operating an elevator, with their mobile phones.
See the video of the project here: https://youtu.be/EsUE_R-sn_Y

2. Be in, Be out: How to deliver a frictionless experience for People with Disability (Partners: TfNSW, iMOVE)
End users will be able to walk in and walk out without having to worry about tickets. This will benefit people with disability, but eventually everyone. There isn't a one-size-fits-all technology solution and this presentation will show global best practices as well as the pros and the cons of the options investigated.

 Finally, a future vision for the role of technology in equitable transport will be presented including the most salient use cases.


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