The Route Choice Support System for Disabled Pedestrian using Wheelchair

Routes between an origin and a destination are restricted for a pedestrian using a wheelchair because of the existence of obstacles Such obstacles are: roughness, inclination, railroad crossings and so forth. The allowable level of an obstacle is different based on the pedestrian's physical con...

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Published inINFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING REVIEW Vol. 19; pp. 699 - 706
Main Authors MINAMI, Masaaki, TAMURA, Youichi, YOSHITAKE, Kazunori
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published Japan Society of Civil Engineers 2002
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ISSN0913-4034
1884-8303
DOI10.2208/journalip.19.699

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Summary:Routes between an origin and a destination are restricted for a pedestrian using a wheelchair because of the existence of obstacles Such obstacles are: roughness, inclination, railroad crossings and so forth. The allowable level of an obstacle is different based on the pedestrian's physical condition. In this paper, the computer-aided route choice support system has been developed A pedestrian using a wheelchair inputs an origin and a destination and chooses allowable levels of obstacles on a route. As an output of the system, the shortest route between them, which satisfies the allowable levels of obstacles, is calculated as a recommended route. The pedestrian can choose a suitable route to get to the destination based on his/her own physical condition.
ISSN:0913-4034
1884-8303
DOI:10.2208/journalip.19.699