Resources

Our resources section offers a wide range of publications in various formats. We are also constantly updating our externals links to various organizations that focus on our current research endeavors.

Links:

Universal Design

• Universal Design Electronic World
• The World Of Universal Design
• Universal Design on Wikipedia.

Citizen Science

• ParkScan, "a community-initiated, web-based reporting system that tracks maintenance conditions in San Francisco's parks and playgrounds."
• Work by Intel and others on citizen science for air quality.
• Citizen Science on Wikipedia.

Accessible Public Transportation

• RERC on Wheelchair Transportation Safety
• Easter Seals Project ACTION "promotes cooperation between the transportation industry and the disability community to increase mobility for people with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act and beyond."
• The U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration Civil Rights & Accessibility web page.
• WC 19 standard for using a wheelchair as a seat in a motor vehicle.

Accessible Personal Electronics

• Trace Research and Development Center, "a non-profit research center that focuses on making computer, telecommunications and information technologies more accessible to everyone."
• RERC for Wireless Technologies

ToolKits

• Transit Access Training Toolkit: A toolkit for bus drivers, transit/transport systems, and disability NGOs and other agencies in the community that lack training resources for creating safe and accessible environments. (This material maybe reproduced without permission for noncommercail purposes only, provided the source is acknowledged.)

Publications:

 Fact Sheets:

• Universal Design & Accessible Transit Systems: Facts to Consider When Updating or Expanding Your Transit System: A fact sheet provides useful information on accessibility and the benefits of universal design. Jointly developed with Easter Seals Project ACTION.

Research Publications:

• Steinfeld, A. (2010). Ethics and policy implications for inclusive intelligent transportation systems. Second International Symposium on Quality of Life Technology.
• Steinfeld, A., Aziz, R., Von Dehsen, L., Park, S. Y., Maisel, J., & Steinfeld, E. (2010). The value and acceptance of citizen science to promote transit accessibility, Journal of Technology and Disability, 22(1-2), 73-81. IOS Press.
• D'Souza, C., Steinfeld, E., Paquet, V., & Feathers, D. (2010, In press). Space requirements for wheeled mobility devices in public transportation: An analysis of clear floor space requirements. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, In press.
• Ayoob, E., Andrianoff, T., Aziz, R. D., & Steinfeld, A. (2010). Interaction development for a public transit rider reporting system. Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics Conference, Miami, FL, July 17-20, 2010.
• Steinfeld, E., D'Souza, C., & Maisel, J. (2010). Clear Floor Space For Contemporary Wheeled Mobility Users. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons (TRANSED 2010), Hong Kong, June 2-4, 2010.
• Steinfeld, E., Paquet, V., Lenker, J., D'Souza, C., & Maisel, J. (2010). Universal Design Research on Boarding and Using Buses. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons (TRANSED 2010), Hong Kong, June 2-4, 2010.
• Yoo, D., Zimmerman, J., Steinfeld, A., & Tomasic, A. (2010). Understanding the space for co-design in riders’ interactions with a transit service, Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Atlanta, GA, April 10-15, 2010.
• D'Souza, C., Steinfeld, E., Paquet, V., & Feathers, D. (2010). Space requirements for wheeled mobility devices in public transportation: An analysis of clear floor space requirements. Proceedings of the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January, 2010.
• Maisel, J. L., Damle, U., & Lenker, J. (2010). Systematic Review of Research on Boarding and Disembarking. Transportation Research Board 2010 Annual Meeting. Washington, DC: Transportation Research Board.
• Steinfeld, A., Aziz, R., Von Dehsen, L., Park, S. Y., Maisel, J., & Steinfeld, E. (2010). Modality preference for rider reports on transit accessibility problems. Transportation Research Board 2010 Annual Meeting. Washington, DC: Transportation Research Board.
• Steinfeld, A., Maisel, J. L., & Steinfeld, E. (2009). The value of citizen science to promote transit accessibility. First International Symposium on Quality of Life Technology.