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84 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Resources on the topics covered by this Guide are increasingly available simply by typing key words into a search engine such as Google. The resources below are supplemented by the detailed material prepared by Richard Schultze, especially prepared to supplement the sections of this guide. For his materials, please go to Access Exchange International at www.globalride-sf.org/paratransit/supplement. General resources AEI (Access Exchange International): General resources on access to all public transportation modes at www.globalride-sf.org. 130 links to annotated resources in nine languages in more than twenty countries. DfT (Department for Transportation, UK). Go to www.dft.gov.uk for publications on most fixed route and paratransit modes. ORN 21: An introduction to access to all modes of public transportation is found at Enhancing the mobility of disabled people: Guidelines for practitioners, by CJ Venter, J Sentinella, T Rickert, D Maunder, and A Venkatesh. Published as Overseas Road Note 21 by TRL, Ltd. of the United Kingdom as a project of the UK's Dept. for International Development. Go to http://globalride-sf.org/pdf/ORN21.PDF. Project ACTION: Easter Seals Project ACTION (USA). Multiple publications are available at www.projectaction.org. TCRP: Go to www.tcrponline.org for paratransit publications of the USA's Transportation Cooperative Research Program. TRB: Transportation Research Board (USA) at www.trb.org. Reports and publications on most of the topics included in this guide are available upon typing "paratransit" in the search box at www.trb.org. In addition, the following specific sources may be helpful. Service models and new technologies EMBARQ: World Resources Institute, at www.embarq.org, for news and reports on transport, paratransit, and pedestrian modes, including motorized auto-rickshaws ITDP: Go to www.itdp.org/documents/2_and_3_wheelers_in_India.pdf for this report from the Institute on Transportation Development and Policy ITF: International Transport Forum at www.internationaltransportforum.org for their publication, Improving Access to Taxis Project ACTION (above): Go to "Resources," then "taxi services" Eligibility screening TCRP (above), for R Weiner, Synthesis 30, ADA Paratransit Eligibility Certification Practices, at http://www.transitaccessproject.org/InternalDocs/Paratransit/tsyn30.pdf
World Health Organization: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (IFC) is available at http://www.who.int/classifications/icf/en/ Planning and performance monitoring AEI (above): Making Access Happen: Promoting and Planning Transport for All AEI (above): Transport for All: What Should We Measure Project ACTION (above): Go to "Resources," then "planning" Vehicles, wheelchair safety, and maintenance TCRP (above): Report 109 on bus maintenance practices Paratransit, Inc., to learn about an innovative approach to maintenance at www.paratransit.org Staffing and training ITF (above): Improving Access to Public Transport: Guidelines for Transport Personnel Project ACTION (above). Multiple publications on this topic include • Rights and Responsibilities of Transit Customers with Disabilities • Taxicab Pocket Guide • Transit Operator's Pocket Guide World Bank: Transit Access Training Toolkit, http://go.worldbank.org/MQUMJCL1W1, compiled by T Rickert Scheduling, dispatching, and operations Project ACTION (above) for Innovative Practices in Paratransit Services TRL Ltd.: RJ Tunbridge & CGB Mitchell, The preliminary design of many-to-few dial-abus services, TRRL Laboratory Report LR789 at www.trl/co/uk/library/reports_publications/ NGO transportation Paratransit, Inc. (above) to learn more about the coordination activities of this innovative paratransit provider Rural paratransit Animal Traction Development, at www.animaltraction.com International Forum for Rural Transport and Development (IFRTD), with their Forum News available at www.ifrtd.org ORN 21 (above): See Part 3, Sections 5 & 6 on "Pedestrian footways" and "Street crossings," pp. 75-91 and Section 10 on "Mini/midibuses," pp 127-135. 85
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