An Analysis for Providing Transportation Facilities to the Disabled People in Dhaka

Abstract

Disability will be experienced by most people at certain points of life, either in personal form or in forms of family or friends. Approximately 11.5 million (19% of the entire population) are currently disabled in the UK, Over one in five of those reporting a disability experience difficulties when using transport. This can lead to a massive impact on the individual, making it difficult or impossible in some cases to access jobs, voluntary work, go shopping, attend educational institutions, meet friends and take holidays. The number of disabled people is expected to increase over time, a trend largely driven by an increasing number of people over the state pension age. In Bangladesh a range of 9-16% of people are inflicted with disabilities. These numbers come from three surveys that use up-to-date methods and have shown how they got their results. Transportation is a critical arrangement issue for those with incapacities. To resolve this problem, the existing condition and the perspective of the disabled people is a major component in mitigating the problem and facilitate the movement of these people. The objective to review the assisting facilities available for the disabled in the developed world and to develop models that will indicate whether a disabled person prefers policy implementation (Less expensive fare, Travel time reduction, Safety and comfort improvement, Stoppage points closer to destination) or infrastructure development (Dedicated seats, Para-transit, Improved sidewalks and street signs, Trained aiding staff) to solve transportation problems. To establish the relationship between solution preference and socio-economic, disability background and travel pattern of the disabled people, logistic regression model was used. Comprehensive feedback was gathered from the disabled individuals regarding the characteristics mentioned above and analysis was performed for the measurement of significant factors that affect the solution preference. vii The result of this study suggests that different socioeconomic, demographic, disability background properties and travel pattern factors play an important role in selecting different solution preference. For example, from our study, we have found that the younger people prefer Policy Implementation as an effective solution to increase ease of movement. The people who frequently travel by bus prefer policy implementation to a greater degree compared to the people who use other modes of transportation. With the increase in personal monthly income, there is a noticeable increase in preference towards Infrastructure Development. With the increase in average daily transportation cost, there is a similar noticeable increase in preference towards infrastructure development.