Invention of Accessibility: French Urban Public Transportation Accessibility from 1975 to 2006
Date
2006
Authors
Contributor
Advisor
Department
Instructor
Depositor
Speaker
Researcher
Consultant
Interviewer
Narrator
Transcriber
Annotator
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies
Volume
Number/Issue
Starting Page
Ending Page
Alternative Title
Abstract
This paper discusses accessibility policies of the French Ministry of Transportation and the two urban mass transit companies in France. One company is the Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP), France's leading urban mass transit company. The second transit company, which is much smaller than RATP, is the Société des Transports Poitevins (STP). Both company’s actions illustrate policies pursued for almost the last thirty years. This article will focus on RATP. The two aims of this article are to show how a) new solutions for facilities of public transportation networks are linked to the way stakeholders view disability and b) how changes in this view have reflected stakeholders’ moves to promote their idea of accessibility and disability.
Description
Keywords
public transportation, disability history, accessible travel
Citation
Larrouy, M. (2006). Invention of Accessibility: French Urban Public Transportation Accessibility from 1975 to 2006. Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal, 2(2).
Extent
Format
Geographic Location
Time Period
Related To
Related To (URI)
Table of Contents
Rights
Rights Holder
Local Contexts
Collections
Email libraryada-l@lists.hawaii.edu if you need this content in ADA-compliant format.