As originally designed, the 98 mile rapid rail system which is to serve the Washington metropolitan area was to use escalators as the sole means of access to all station platforms. This dependence upon escalators would limit the use of the Metro system to those who were capable of using the equipment. Among those most directly affected would be many of the physically handicapped. The purpose of this study was to provide 'low,' 'high,' and 'most probable' estimates of additional Metro usage that would be made possible if inclined or vertical elevators at Metro stations were provided for use by the physically handicapped who, by virtue of their disability, are unable to use an escalator.
Potential Use of Rail Transit by the Physically Disabled in the Washington Metropolitan Area
1972
26 pages
Report
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English