Understanding the factors affecting travel demand for persons with a mobility disability in New Brunswick
| dc.contributor.advisor | Hanson, Trevor R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Whitehouse, Madeline | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-05-22T13:36:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-05-22T13:36:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Despite having the second highest rate of disability in Canada, there is little known about how persons with a disability in New Brunswick travel. The purpose of this research was to better understand the barriers to travel persons with a mobility disability experience in New Brunswick. A mail-out stated travel behaviour survey was administered to clients of Ability New Brunswick in Fredericton and Moncton (n = 672, response rate = 15%). Results showed respondents have transportation “all of the time” to make shopping (47%), social (36%), and health trips (56%) and there was strong agreement (62%) that private vehicles are important for travel. There were 13 participants recruited to participate in a semi-automated travel diary to better understand daily travel patterns. Participants made 155 trips, with most (89%) being made using a private vehicle. Stated adaptation interviews revealed participants are reliant on their primary mode of transportation to make trips. | |
| dc.description.copyright | © Madeline Sarah Whitehouse, 2025 | |
| dc.format.extent | xvi, 174 | |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/38302 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of New Brunswick | |
| dc.relation | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) | |
| dc.relation | Regional Development Corporation of New Brunswick (RDC) | |
| dc.rights | http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 | |
| dc.subject.discipline | Civil Engineering | |
| dc.title | Understanding the factors affecting travel demand for persons with a mobility disability in New Brunswick | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| oaire.license.condition | other | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Civil Engineering | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of New Brunswick | |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | M.Sc.E. |