Improving the Mobility of People with Disabilities

In Western Europe and the USA, since 1960, teams of experts have been dealing with the policy of transporting disabled people. General developments can be observed, ranging from the provision of specialized services of social interest to the stage of regular transport services based on legislation which is based on human rights. The article deals with the issue of improving the mobility of persons with disabilities in public transport and also contains characteristics of individual groups of disabled persons and organizations representing these groups of persons. To analyze the current state of public transport, a questionnaire was created, which responded to disabled passengers in the field. This questionnaire survey was conducted in city of Martin, where the public transport has some minor problems with passengers with disabilities. Subsequently, on the basis of the processed results of the survey, concrete proposals were made to improve the mobility of persons with disabilities.