Problems Affecting the Accessibility of Physically-Challenged Individuals to Intermediate Public Transport Services in Oyo State, Nigeria

Ajayi Julius (), Aworemi Remi (), Wojuade Christopher () and Adebayo Toyin ()
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Ajayi Julius: Department of Transport Management Faculty of Management Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Aworemi Remi: Department of Transport Management Faculty of Management Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Wojuade Christopher: Department of Transport Management Faculty of Management Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Adebayo Toyin: Department of Transport Management Faculty of Management Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria

Logistics, Supply Chain, Sustainability and Global Challenges, 2020, vol. 11, issue 1, 114-120

Abstract: The greatest challenge of physically-challenged individuals is mobility, thereby making access to public transportation essential to independent living for these individuals. The study was conducted in Oyo State. Multistage sampling method comprising purposive and simple random sampling was used to select a sample size of 226 students from three special education centres in the state. Findings revealed that factors such as operators’ impatience/discrimination, waiting time and lack of assistance were major problems that affects accessibility to IPTs. Furthermore, results showed that difficulties experienced by the physically-challenged individuals differ significantly by the nature of disability as evidenced by a chi-square value of 37.218, p

Keywords: Accessibility; IPTs; Transport Disadvantaged; Physically-challenged (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.2478/jlst-2020-0008

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