Lecco, ITALY, 12 July 2022: Today, ENIL, AAATE, and UITP – representing end-users with disabilities, assistive technology experts and public transport providers across Europe, signed the Lecco Declaration. The Lecco Declaration outlines key principles that...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 are long,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Co-design is a process by which groups of people with different experiences and perspectives work collectively and collaboratively to produce ideas, concepts, and designs to address a challenge. For people with a disability, it helps to move them from being ignored,...
New transport systems such as micro-transit, motorbike taxis, e-scooters, bike sharing, cycle Lanes, cable cars and mobility hubs are becoming increasingly popular. According to experts, these solutions may solve many of today’s transport issues in cities, but are...
Which issues mostly affect your experience on public transport? We would like to hear from you! In the TRIPS project, we are designing a new index to assess the level of accessibility of urban transport services. This index will be called Mobility Divide Index (MDI)...
We know by now that the numbers are impressive: around 10-15% of the population are considered having a disability and inaccessible transport systems effectively limit their equal access to important services, job opportunities, education, overall lifestyle choices...