Book Description

The priority accessible network for any city consists of a number of fully accessible pedestrian routes connected together into a continuous system which is gradually expanded according to a plan. Each route is made accessible and added to the accessible system according to priorities set out in the plan. Accessibility is achieved by the use of the appropriate countermeasure might be the addition of a curb ramp a street intersection. In practice, the routes serve elderly and handicapped pedestrians within districts; and routes connect districts to each other. The Manual has been organized into a sequence of decision-making steps beginning with problem identification and ending with project implementation and evaluation.