Challenges of People with Disability in Public Transportation: A Case Study of People with Disability in Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu
The entitled article 'challenges faced by people with disability in public transportation' was on during the summer of 2023.This article discusses about the challenges faced in everyday life by the people with disability.In our daily life, we need different access to deal internal and external environment.Realizing that most public transportation still lack in terms of good design and facilities especially for people with disability.So, researcher have tried to find out the major challenges of people with disability they have been facing during their everyday activity.To facilitate this research, both descriptive and exploratory research design have been applied.The fieldwork was carried out around the Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu area where most of the people with disability come to visit their office.Similarly, interview method, observation method and questionnaire methods are used as a research tool.According to the filed study, the major challenges faced by the people with disability are worse because of bad condition of road, unmanaged footpath, frequently moving bus stops and lack of disable friendly roads.Because of the bumpy road many of the disable people got accident during their everyday journey.
Authors
- Rajita Uprety
Institutions
- Kathmandu University (NP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of National Development
- Published
- 2024-12-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.62047/jnd.2024.12.31.79
- Primary Topic
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00