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LEFT BEHIND: THE DILEMMA of TRANSIT for the DISABLED and the POOR in a DISASTER

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  • Whitefield, Patricia

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In the hours following the bombing of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001, thousands of persons in New York and Washington, D.C. evacuated the cities on foot. This every-man-for-himself evacuation posed unique challenges for many individuals with disabilities that impeded their swift movement. The recent natural disaster in New Orleans and the surrounding region echoed again the dilemma faced by persons with disabilities as they struggled to meet the challenges of disability compounded by limited resources for personal evacuation. This paper focuses on research in the area of transit security for persons with disabilities and obstacles confronted by persons with disabilities including the impact of poverty in evacuation.

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  • Whitefield, Patricia, 2006. "LEFT BEHIND: THE DILEMMA of TRANSIT for the DISABLED and the POOR in a DISASTER," 47th Annual Transportation Research Forum, New York, New York, March 23-25, 2006 208031, Transportation Research Forum.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:ndtr06:208031
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.208031
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