Brussels, 2 December 2021: The International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) is a wonderful opportunity for the international community to check on progress on past commitments in advancing accessibility, course correct if necessary and start through with new energy for the next 12 months.… Read More »MEDIA RELEASE for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPD2021
There are many issues to be considered when creating innovative approaches to accessible transport for people with a disability. An understanding of the needs of all travellers is essential but there is also a need to consider the constraints of providers of transport and the… Read More »Inclusive mobility and climate change
Are you interested in a brand-new measuring system of public transport accessibility for people with disabilities? Have a look at the TRIPS project’s White Paper about the Mobility Divide Index (MDI). The TRIPS consortium views accessibility as an indicator of the user experience and provides… Read More »A White Paper on the Mobility Divide Index
TRIPS is an EU-funded project, which aims at making public transport more accessible for persons with disabilities, elderly voyagers, and really everyone. As one of the corner stones for the development of innovative solutions in this respect, a survey was carried out among over 500… Read More »What you can learn from over 500 people with disabilities about removing barriers in public transport
A world without barriers – that is the vision of the Zero Project, an initiative of the Austrian Essl Foundation and organized jointly with the World Future Council and the European Foundation Centre. Since its start with a preliminary study on existing data related to… Read More »TRIPS shortlisted for Zero Project 2022
It is an open secret when writing reports for research or consultancy that the most crucial part is the executive summary. In any project, at some point, it will be agreed that most of the audience will only ever read the executive summary. Research reports… Read More »Connecting to your audience from your research – The 5 x 5 x 500 approach
The TRIPS project undertook a series of workshops to create a series of co-designed transport concepts that would enable people with a disability to travel independently by reducing barriers to mobility. The concepts developed were divided into big “disruptive” ideas that sought to wipe the… Read More »Five Barriers to making inclusive transport a reality
Not all problems require big ideas to solve. Here are five innovations imagined by people with a disability that would reduce barriers to travel. Some build upon new technology whilst others take existing ideas and add an inclusive twist. The most popular solution that people… Read More »Five incremental ideas for accessible transport
The TRIPS project explored how to increase access to transport for people with a disability through innovation. In a series of recent workshops, we asked participants to dream and think about “big” ideas that would address many of the barriers that they faced. Some of… Read More »Five disruptive innovations for travel that people with a disability imagined
There are many barriers to travel experienced by people with a disability. In a recent workshop for the TRIPS project (https://trips-project.eu/) to investigate solutions to obstacles, we could explore those in detail. People with a disability discussed their experience as a precursor to exploring solutions… Read More »Five barriers to travel and mobility for people with a disability