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Seamless Accessibility of Transportation Modes and Multimodal Transport Across Europe: Gaps, Measures and Best Practices

Authors : Evangelos Bekiaris, Matina Loukea, Maria Panou, Erzsébet Földesi, Thierry Jammes

Published in: Towards User-Centric Transport in Europe 2

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Transport accessibility affects a significant part of the population today, and many affected people (with disabilities or learning difficulties or temporary restrictions, elderly, etc.) are excluded from mobility. Seamless accessibility in the transportation sector in Europe is promoted by the European Commission, through legislation that is being set-up. The status of legislation and deployment issues among EU Member States is presented and discussed herein and a clustering of countries is proposed. Also, positive efforts towards accessible transportation in various countries are shown, in the form of best practices. The chapter ends with proposals for measures and recommendations, as well as next steps towards the adoption of a holistic accessibility system in the European transport system.

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Title: Seamless Accessibility of Transportation Modes and Multimodal Transport Across Europe: Gaps, Measures and Best Practices
Authors: Evangelos Bekiaris
Matina Loukea
Maria Panou
Erzsébet Földesi
Thierry Jammes
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Towards User-Centric Transport in Europe 2
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-38027-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-38028-1

Copyright Year: 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38028-1_4

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