ABSTRACT
This chapter provides summary of the policy-oriented discussions of a study prepared by James F. Hickling management consultants Ltd. on behalf of the Ontario Ministry of transportation, entitled Transportation for Disabled Persons in Ontario: Towards a Strategy for the 1990’s. The strategy is aimed at maximizing mobility for the disabled persons with the greatest transport problems for any given endowment of budgetary resources (an approach sometimes known as “optimization”). A wide range of alternatives exist for improving the personal mobility of disabled individuals, but all revolve in one way or another around improving access to private cars. The strategy for urban areas focuses on improvements in the effectiveness and efficiency of existing specialized transportation systems. The strategy also includes modifications to fixed-route transit as a means of improving its effectiveness for ambulatory disabled persons. Air services are found to be improving steadily but in need of further encouragement.
