Abstract
The purpose of this Code is to improve the communication of transportation-related information for persons with disabilities on a systemic basis as they use the federal transportation system. In the 1995 TransAccess Information Base, it was estimated that 3.8 million Canadians 15 years of age and over have some level of disability. It was further estimated that 715,000 adults with disabilities travelled by air, 440,000 travelled by rail and 168,000 by ferry in 1995. Since the incidence of disability increases with age, the demand for accessible transportation will be even greater as Canada’s population ages. (Author/publisher)