Use of Rear-Facing Position for Common Wheelchairs on Transit Buses

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

doi:10.17226/21951

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Use of Rear-Facing Position for Common Wheelchairs on Transit Buses

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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 50: Use of Rear-Facing Position for Common Wheelchairs on Transit Buses describes the international state of the practice with respect to use of the rear-facing position for accommodating “common wheelchairs” (as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act) on large transit buses (more than 30,000 lbs) and identifies pertinent issues related to its transferability to the U.S. context.

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2003. Use of Rear-Facing Position for Common Wheelchairs on Transit Buses. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/21951.

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Chapters		skim
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TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2003	3-3
TCRP SYNTHESIS 50 - TITLE PAGE	4-5
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES	6-6
PREFACE	7-8
CONTENTS	9-9
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	10-10
SUMMARY	11-13
CHAPTER ONE - INTRODUCTION	14-15
CHAPTER TWO - REAR-FACING POSITION: DESCRIPTION, DEPLOYMENT, AND RESEARCH IN EUROPE AND CANADA	16-22
CHAPTER THREE - CURRENT PRACTICE: CANADIAN TRANSIT SYSTEMS, INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS, AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN NORTH AMERICA	23-35
CHAPTER FOUR - EXPERIENCE AND ISSUES RELATED TO THE REAR-FACING SYSTEM	36-41
CHAPTER FIVE - CONCLUSIONS	42-43
REFERENCES	44-45
APPENDIX A - SURVEY FORMS	46-50
APPENDIX B - CONTACTS	51-51
ABBREVIATIONS USED	52-52

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