The orientation and mobility of visual impaired people in bus and subway networks in Brazil

Spatial orientation depends both on the information available in the surrounding’s environment and on the individual's ability to perceive and deal with this information. To be fully understand by its users as a transport network and, to independently move from one place to another, the urban p...

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Glavni autori: Silveira, Carolina Stolf, Dischinger, Marta
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Izdano: ANTAC - Associação Nacional de Tecnologia do Ambiente Construído 2018
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spelling ojs-article-778492018-11-27T10:42:11Z The orientation and mobility of visual impaired people in bus and subway networks in Brazil Silveira, Carolina Stolf Dischinger, Marta orientation, mobility, blind users, Urban Public Transport. Spatial orientation depends both on the information available in the surrounding’s environment and on the individual's ability to perceive and deal with this information. To be fully understand by its users as a transport network and, to independently move from one place to another, the urban public transport service must be able to provide accessible information where users can easily discover and reach different, and to socially engage in local activities. In Brazil, the information disposable to users is scarce and sometimes nonexistent in the urban public transport (PT), especially regarding the supply of information to everyone. This paper presents some doctoral research’s results applied in Brazil and discuss blind users’ orientation and mobility in urban public transport network. The investigation involved around two hundred blind and partially impaired users from many Brazilian regions where surveys were conducted; additionally, interviews with a focus group and the "Accompanied Walks” method. The results of the latter are here presented, showing environmental barriers and users needs. ANTAC - Associação Nacional de Tecnologia do Ambiente Construído capes 2018-11-26 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://seer.ufrgs.br/ambienteconstruido/article/view/77849 Ambiente Construído; v. 19, n. 1 (2019); 195-208 Ambiente Construído; v. 19, n. 1 (2019); 195-208 Ambiente Construído; v. 19, n. 1 (2019); 195-208 1678-8621 1415-8876 eng https://seer.ufrgs.br/ambienteconstruido/article/view/77849/50868 Direitos autorais 2018 Ambiente Construído https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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The orientation and mobility of visual impaired people in bus and subway networks in Brazil
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title The orientation and mobility of visual impaired people in bus and subway networks in Brazil
title_short The orientation and mobility of visual impaired people in bus and subway networks in Brazil
title_full The orientation and mobility of visual impaired people in bus and subway networks in Brazil
title_fullStr The orientation and mobility of visual impaired people in bus and subway networks in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed The orientation and mobility of visual impaired people in bus and subway networks in Brazil
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description Spatial orientation depends both on the information available in the surrounding’s environment and on the individual's ability to perceive and deal with this information. To be fully understand by its users as a transport network and, to independently move from one place to another, the urban public transport service must be able to provide accessible information where users can easily discover and reach different, and to socially engage in local activities. In Brazil, the information disposable to users is scarce and sometimes nonexistent in the urban public transport (PT), especially regarding the supply of information to everyone. This paper presents some doctoral research’s results applied in Brazil and discuss blind users’ orientation and mobility in urban public transport network. The investigation involved around two hundred blind and partially impaired users from many Brazilian regions where surveys were conducted; additionally, interviews with a focus group and the "Accompanied Walks” method. The results of the latter are here presented, showing environmental barriers and users needs.
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