Join us for this FREE Webinar at 11:00am on Thursday 15 October 2020.
Universal access is the provision of equal access to all users, including persons with disability, in a fair and dignified way. This webinar will provide a summary of findings form a review of practices in relation to implementing and designing for universal access with particular focus on people with disability (universal access).
The webinar will discuss the following topics:
- Gaps in guidance relating to the accessibility of the transport network for people with disability and ways to improve practices through the provision of universal access for all.
- Performance-based concepts/strategies that may be used to enhance the design process of the transport network to achieve greater levels of universal access
- Potential provisions for longitudinal grades where topography eliminates the ability to ensure dignified and defensible access.
- Brief size review of commercially available wheeled devices against Australian Standards for accessibility of the built environment (AS 1428).
Presenters
Claudia Trejo - Professional Engineer, Transport Safety, ARRB
Kieran Hay – Senior Professional Engineer, Transport Safety, ARRB
Mark McDonald – Principal Technologist (Bicycles, Pedestrians and Motorcycles), Engineering & Technology, TMR
Claudia Trejo is a Professional Engineer in the Transport Safety group at the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB). She holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) from Griffith University. Since starting at ARRB in 2019, Claudia has worked primarily on transport safety, investigations of road related crashes and pedestrian access.
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Participants please note – this session will run on Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEST). There may be time zone differences that apply. It is recommended that you connect to the webinar 15 minutes prior to allow sufficient time for potential connection delays. It is also important that you check the system requirements for the webinar in advance of the session.
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