Mobility challenges and perceptions of autonomous vehicles for individuals with physical disabilities
Mobility challenges and perceptions of autonomous vehicles for individuals with physical disabilities
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DOI：
10.1016/j.dhjo.2021.101131
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发表时间：
2021-09-13
影响因子：
4.5
通讯作者：
Bush, Tamara Reid
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作者：
Cordts, Paige;Cotten, Shelia R.;Bush, Tamara Reid
背景：肢体残疾人士面临许多挑战，特别是行动不便。交通在个人健康中发挥着关键作用，因为它提供了获得关键服务的机会，如就医。自动驾驶汽车(AVs)可以是提高交通可达性的一种可能的解决方案。然而，目前详细说明残疾人在移动方面面临的障碍的信息有限，也没有关于这一群体对自动驾驶汽车的看法的研究。目的：本研究的目的有两个：1)确定与肢体残疾人士的交通工具相关的可达性需求；2)了解这些人群对自动驾驶汽车满足这些需求的初步看法。方法：采用多项选择和简答式问卷调查，收集肢体残障人士的交通问题和经历数据。这项调查分发给了残疾人网络。结果：我们的结果说明了肢体残疾人士所经历的与交通相关的许多挑战，如成本、规划时间和使用便利性。我们亦发现，肢体残障人士对自动增值服务的整体态度是正面的，他们愿意支付与私人交通工具相同的费用，或愿意支付更多费用使用自动增值服务，只要它具备适当的可达性和安全设施。结论：总体而言，这项工作可以用来为围绕当前交通工具可达性的决策提供信息，并指导为肢体残疾人群规划和设计自动驾驶车辆。(C)2021 Elsevier Inc.保留所有权利。
Background: Individuals with physical disabilities face many challenges, especially with mobility. Transportation plays a key role in an individual's health as it provides the access to critical services such as medical visits. Autonomous vehicles (AVs) can be one possible solution to increase transportation accessibility. However, there is currently limited information detailing the obstacles individuals with disabilities face when it comes to mobility, or research regarding perceptions of this population toward autonomous vehicles. Objective: The goals of this study were twofold: 1) to identify the accessibility needs associated with transportation for individuals with a physical disability and 2) to understand the initial perceptions of this population towards autonomous vehicles to meet these needs. Methods: A survey with multiple choice and short-answer questions was developed to gather data on transportation issues and experiences from individuals with physical disabilities. This survey was distributed to disability networks. Results: Our results illustrate the many challenges that individuals with physical disabilities experience related to transportation, such as cost, time for planning, and convenience of use. We also found that individuals with physical disabilities had an overall positive attitude towards AVs and would be willing to pay the same price as private transportation or possibly more to use AVs if it had the proper accessibility and safety features. Conclusions: Overall, this work can be used to inform decisions surrounding accessibility of current transportation as well as guide the planning and design of autonomous vehicles for a population with physical disabilities. (c) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.