Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
10 results found in accessible transportation.
- Accessible Tourism (Inclusive Tourism, Tourism for All)
- The practice of ensuring that tourism destinations, products, and services are accessible to all people regardless of their physical, sensory, or cognitive abilities. Accessible tourism encompasses th…
- Accessible Transit (Accessible Public Transportation, Transit Accessibility)
- The design and provision of public transportation systems — including buses, trains, subways, and associated infrastructure — that are usable by people with disabilities. Accessible transit encompasse…
- Accessible Transportation (Inclusive Transportation, Transportation Accessibility)
- Transportation systems, vehicles, infrastructure, and services designed to be usable by people with disabilities, including those with mobility, vision, hearing, and cognitive impairments. Accessible …
- Autonomous Vehicle (AV, Self-Driving Car, Automated Driving System, ADS)
- A vehicle equipped with technology that enables it to navigate and operate without human input, ranging from partial automation features like adaptive cruise control to fully autonomous systems that h…
- Driving Cessation (Driving Retirement, Giving Up Driving)
- The process by which a person stops driving a motor vehicle, either voluntarily or due to age-related decline in cognitive, visual, or physical abilities, medical conditions, or legal restrictions. Dr…
- Geofencing (Geo-Fencing, Virtual Boundary)
- Geofencing is a technology that creates virtual geographic boundaries using GPS, RFID, or other location-based data to trigger actions when a device enters or exits a defined area. In accessibility co…
- Micromobility (Shared Micromobility, Micro-Mobility)
- Micromobility refers to small-scale, lightweight, networked transportation vehicles used to travel short distances, typically weighing under 500 kg and traveling at low to moderate speeds. Examples in…
- Personal Delivery Device (PDD, Delivery Robot, Autonomous Delivery Robot, Sidewalk Robot)
- Personal delivery devices (PDDs) are small autonomous or semi-autonomous robots that travel on sidewalks and pedestrian pathways to deliver food, packages, and other goods. These devices have been gra…
- Step-Free Access (Level Access, Barrier-Free Access)
- A route or entrance to a building, transport station, or public space that does not require the use of steps or stairs, enabling access for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments, parents …
- Travel Chain (Mobility Chain, Journey Chain)
- A travel chain is the complete sequence of connected stages that make up a journey from origin to destination, including planning, leaving the starting point, walking to transport, using public transp…