Disabled Access to Ferry Transit: New York-New Jersey Harbor Private Ferries
Disabled Access to Ferry Transit: New York-New Jersey Harbor Private Ferries
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残疾人渡轮交通：纽约-新泽西港私人渡轮
DOI：
10.3141/1885-16
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发表时间：
2004
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
David S. Chapman
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作者：
David S. Chapman
近年来，纽约-新泽西港的客运渡轮数量激增，现在每天运送近6.7万名乘客，有50多艘船服务于39条航线。仅纽约市就有160万残疾人，无障碍是一个关键问题。负责制定无障碍标准的联邦机构美国无障碍委员会正在制定客船无障碍标准。2000年12月，由残疾人士团体和客船业界代表组成的委员会客船无障碍咨询委员会（PVAAC）出版了建议的船舶无障碍指南，这是这一进程的一个里程碑。PVAAC的建议适用于纽约-新泽西港私人运输渡轮船队中最小的船只，为小型客船可达性的设计挑战提供了见解。其目的是提高残疾人、船舶操作员和船舶设计师对此类设计挑战的认识，并促进创新解决方案的发展。
Passenger ferries in the New York-New Jersey Harbor have proliferated in recent years and now carry almost 67,000 passengers each day, with more than 50 vessels serving 39 routes. With 1.6 million disabled individuals in New York City alone, accessibility is a key concern. The U.S. Access Board, a federal agency tasked with developing accessibility standards, is in the process of developing accessibility standards for passenger vessels. A milestone in this process was reached with the December 2000 publication of recommended vessel accessibility guidelines by the board's Passenger Vessel Access Advisory Committee (PVAAC), an assembly of representatives from the disabled community and the passenger vessel industry. The PVAAC recommendations are applied to the smallest vessel in the New York-New Jersey Harbor private transit ferry fleet, providing insights into the design challenges of small passenger vessel accessibility. The intention is to heighten the awareness of such design challenges among the disabled, vessel operators, and marine designers and to spur the development of innovative solutions.