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Complete trips using fixed-route transit begin before a user leaves home. From setting up payment methods in an app, requesting and identifying microtransit, transfering to different lines, to maneuvering through service disruptions or delays, passengers need accessible information that is easy to find. TCRP Research Report 264: Providing Passenger Information to People Who Are Blind or Have Low Vision: A Guide updates information on the spectrum and prevalence of vision disabilities, requirements and standards, assessments, strategy selection tools, and provides an implementation memorandum.
Passengers understand a transit system through multiple avenues. Ensure digital information and tools, staff, vehicles, and infrastructure are all geared to allowing passengers with vision disabilities to navigate your transit systems independently and efficiently.
Additional resources:
- TRB Webinar: Tactile Wayfinding—Improving Access for People with Vision Disabilities
- TCRP Research Report 248: Tactile Wayfinding in Transportation Settings for Travelers Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired, Volume 1: Conduct of Research
- TCRP Research Report 248: Tactile Wayfinding in Transportation Settings for Travelers Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired, Volume 2: Guide
- NCHRP Research Report 834: Crossing Solutions at Roundabouts and Channelized Turn Lanes for Pedestrians with Vision Disabilities: A Guidebook
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Winter road maintenance requires measuring the speed and effectiveness of recovery after a storm. In TR News, Deepak Gopalakrishna of ICF, along with Dean Deeter and Jeremy Schroeder of Athey Creek Consultants, examine how state departments of transportation are improving performance measures for snow and ice control to better manage resources, support safety, and communicate results to decision makers and the public.
Drawing on an NCHRP implementation project involving 14 state DOTs, the authors highlight approaches for measuring roadway recovery, material use, weather effects, and other factors that can help agencies strengthen winter maintenance operations over time.
Share your transportation-related knowledge! Write an article for TR News. The magazine features authors beyond TRB staff. Take a look at the five types of articles and submit a proposal.
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Do you need to catch up on professional development? Get a weekly email of only the upcoming TRB webinars directly in your inbox.
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September 30 - TRB Webinar: Validating and Using Non-Motorized Traffic Data
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September 30 - October 1 - Register to join TRB's Review of Methods and Data Needs for Calculating the Potential Impact Radius of a Natural Gas Pipeline Failure for Regulatory Compliance meeting held online.
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October 15 - TRB Webinar: Lighting for Pedestrian Safety
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July 19 - 21 - Submit an abstract for TRB Conference on Rural and Tribal Transportation by October 9. Submit abstracts that present original research, demonstrate innovative methods, share implementation experience with transferable lessons, identify unresolved challenges or future research needs, or describe practical experience that other agencies and organizations can apply.
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Find more research from beyond TRB in TRID, a database that provides access to 1.5 million records of worldwide transportation research.
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