Accessibility of traffic area for persons with disabilities (VSS2008/201)
Overview
Background & policy context:
With the Disability Discrimination Act, there is a commitment by all builders to ensure access and safety of persons with disabilities in public buildings and installations. Most cantonal laws and regulations today refer to the requirements of the SN 521500 "Buildings for the disabled". This standard from 1988 is actually in revision and the future SIA 500 will only concern building construction. Therefore the requirements for road area regulated in the SN 521500 and supplemented by the knowledge gained since 1988, are now to be integrated into the standards work of the VSS.
Objectives:
The project has following objectives:
- To prepare concept, which standards of VSS have to be adapted and with which new standards the standards work of the VSS have to be complemented in order to integrate the requirements for an accessible traffic area in the standards work.
- To identify a basis for standardization:
- To define criteria, weighting and approach to the evaluation of conflicting user demands to the traffic area.
- To create draft of the contents of amendments to existing standards and of new standards.
Methodology:
Following steps will be done during the project:
1. Literature survey
To determine the requirements, which for people with disabilities must be met in the transport area, so that access and security for all is assured, as well as various foundations of the existing literature and current standards of VSS are analyzed and evaluated. Assuming proposals are developed to close gaps in the body of standards and integrate the aspects of disabled people in the construction of standards of VSS. The literature review also forms the basis for the elaboration of the content of supplements or newly created standards.
2 To provide expert discussions:
The discussion with experts and with the relevant expert committees of VSS is to take place at an early stage in the project so that contradictions with existing rules clarified, drafts proposals for adjustments, criteria and weightings for the assessment of different land use requirements can be formulated to the traffic area.
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