Overlooked Transport Participants _ Mentally Impaired but Still Mobile

World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering-Architecture-Urban Planning Symposium - WMCAUS

土木建筑工程

Vlk, Tamara^1 ; Wanjek, Monika^2 ; Berkowitsch, Claudia^3 ; Hauger, Georg^3

Federal Agency for Technological Measures, Raimundgasse 1/6, VIENNA

1020, Austria^1

Austrian Energy Agency, Mariahilfer Straße 136, VIENNA

1150, Austria^2

Vienna University of Technology, Department of Spatial Planning, Centre of Transportation System Planning, Augasse 2-6, VIENNA

1090, Austria^3

关键词: Degenerative disease;    Demographic changes;    Mental impairments;    Number of peoples;    Obsessive compulsive disorders;    Physical impairments;    Planning and designings;    Transport systems;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/245/4/042028/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/245/4/042028

学科分类：土木及结构工程学

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Providing an inclusive transport system is a global ambition. Whereas, mobility needs and mobility barriers of people suffering from a physical impairment have already been observed frequently, people suffering from mental impairments (due to e.g. anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, dementia or other degenerative diseases) are often overlooked. Numerous studies already suggest that the number of people with mental impairment will significantly increase due to the demographic change and is also shown by the prevalence of mental diseases. Whereby, not even the data collected do necessarily give the full picture of the actual situation. Thus, the importance of mobility needs and mobility problems of people with mental impairments will gain dramatically. Participating in the transport system is a basic need that furthermore requires the ability of adopting different roles (e.g. driver, pedestrian). Due to explanatory studies of the authors, it could be shown what kind of problems people with mental impairment are faced with while participating in the transport system or interacting in public space. Thus, these studies represent the first step that is needed to consider the specific needs of people with mental impairments in future planning. The identified problems of people who are suffering from mental impairment are various. Thereby it can be distinguished between problems triggered by structural (e.g. absence of emergency buttons, spacious stations), organisational (e.g. absence of security stuff, lacking information according time table of transit) or social conditions (e.g. crowed places or vehicles, stigmatisation). This paper presents an overall view of specific requirements of people with mental impairment and suggests possible solutions for planning and designing an inclusive transport system.