The conference Session B dealt with different aspects of enhanced mobility, focusing on traffic safety issues. Furthermore, the adaptation of the infrastructure as a method for enhancing mobility were considered, as well as some problems concerning the location of the target group and the needs and capacities of the target group. The following papers were presented: Problems of Elderly Road Users : A Matter of Changing Persons or Correcting the System ? (Risser, R.); The Elderly in Traffic : Mobility and Road Safety (Wouters, P.I.J.); Differential Response by Elderly and Other Pedestrians to Two Safety Campaigns (Katz, A.); Improving the Mobility and Road Safety of Elderly People : New Planning Strategies in Amsterdam (Wolters, J.); Study of Human Factors of Elderly and Handicapped Passengers in Public Transportation Safety (Hunder-Zaworski, K.M.); Accidents among Elderly People and Their Experience of Having Met with an Accident (Petersson, E.); Architecturally Conditioned Protection of Elderly and Disabled Pedestrians in Urban Areas (Galkowski, A.E.); Providing for People with a Mobility Handicap (Lee, N.W.); Providing Safer Urban Streets for Elderly and Handicapped Pedestrians (Zegeer, C.V. and Zegeer, S.F.); Access to Heritage Areas : Is it Possible ? (Fern, R.A.); Expo '86, Vancouver : A Model for Accessibility (Suen, L.); The Concept of Need in Social Policy (Liss, P.E.); Control and Policy in London's Dial-A-Ride (Cordwell, P.); A Study of Handicap with the Elderly and Their Trip Characteristics in the Japanese Case (Akiyama, T.); Transportation and Disabled Persons : A Canadian Profile (Suon,L and Geehan, T.).
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