Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
5 results found in Urban Accessibility.
- Accessible Routing (Accessible Navigation, Barrier-Free Routing, Accessible Wayfinding)
- The calculation of travel routes that account for accessibility barriers and the specific mobility needs of disabled pedestrians. Unlike standard navigation that optimises solely for distance or time,…
- Pedestrian Crossing (Crosswalk, Zebra crossing, Pedestrian crosswalk)
- A designated location on a road where pedestrians have legal priority, guidance, or protection to cross, typically marked by paint (zebra or ladder stripes), signs, or signal-controlled infrastructure…
- Pedestrian Safety (Walking safety, Vulnerable road user safety)
- The field and practice of protecting people who walk — including those with disabilities, older adults, and children — from injury and death in road traffic environments. Pedestrian safety encompasses…
- Sidewalk Accessibility (Pedestrian Accessibility, Walkway Accessibility)
- Sidewalk accessibility refers to the degree to which pedestrian pathways and related infrastructure — including sidewalks, curb ramps, crosswalks, and pedestrian signals — can be safely and independen…
- Virtual Auditing (Remote Auditing, Virtual Accessibility Audit)
- Virtual auditing is a method of assessing the accessibility of physical environments by remotely examining street-level imagery, such as Google Street View, rather than conducting in-person inspection…