EU-research project PubTrans4all
The project "Public Transportation – Accessibility for all" (PubTrans4all) will develop a prototype vehicle-based boarding assistance system that can be built into new rail vehicles or retrofitted into existing rail vehicles to improve accessibility for all persons.
Accessibility for rail vehicles is particularly problematic since rail vehicles have a long service life and many currently inaccessible vehicles will remain in service well into the future. „PubTrans4All“ will help make existing public transport systems more accessible, improving services for everyone.
The PubTrans4all project's objective is to develop a standard boarding assistance system that can be used on many different types of rolling stock and infrastructures.
The boarding assistance system will not simply be a device, but rather include contributing elements that make it possible to effectively use the device to access rail vehicles. The prototype will be developed by a multi-disciplinary consortium including users, public transport operators, academic researchers and manufacturers.