Value case for accessible transit in Canada : Analyse de la valeur du transport collectif accessible au Canada

VALUE CASE FOR ACCESSIBLE T RANSIT IN CANADA Reference The Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA) CUTA’s Mission Statement CUTA is the collective and influential voice of public transportation in Canada, dedicated to being at the centre of urban mobility issues with all orders of government, and delivering the highest value to its members and the communities they serve. [...] This analysis does not incorporate costs because the With the expected aging population and the resulting increased cost structure of the transit industry includes consideration incidence of disabilities, accessible transit is becoming a of operating revenue and expenses, capital revenues and growing area of public transit service. [...] Significant On the specialized transit service front, transit authorities advances have been made in terms of the accessibility of have continued to adopt innovations to meet the demand 2 VALUE CASE FOR ACCESSIBLE TRANSIT IN CANADA of a growing and aging population. [...] The focus of this accessible transit, the benefits are analyzed using a multiple- study is to identify the value that is gained by providing account evaluation, which examines both qualitative and accessible transit to the segment of the population that is quantitative social and economic indicators. [...] The chapter tions to conventional transit systems that make the systems is organized according to the particular accessible transit more accessible is helping reduce the demand on specialized features, components or technologies that were noted transit systems as well as normalizing the full integration of all through the analysis of the case studies.