@inproceedings{6ea5afc5edd64f57a3642bffa1a356cf,
title = "Assessing the degree of accessibility of sidewalks for people with disabilities",
abstract = "Federal and state laws require state and local governments to provide and maintain accessibility on their sidewalks to prevent discrimination against people with disabilities. To comply with these laws, state and local governments are required to conduct self-evaluations to identify all non-compliant sidewalks in their right-of-way. The mandatory self-evaluation process includes assessing sidewalks' compliance with a long list of accessibility requirements. This paper presents the development of a novel model to automate the assessment of the degree of accessibility of sidewalks. The developed model enables decision makers to (i) quantify the degree of accessibility of sidewalks, (ii) calculate the overall degree of accessibility of a group of sidewalks to facilitate the ranking and prioritization of their upgrade, and (iii) determine the type of upgrade required to achieve full accessibility. A case study of a small town that includes 864 sidewalks is analyzed to evaluate the model performance and illustrate its unique and original capabilities.",
keywords = "ADA., Assessment., Compliance, Self-evaluation., Sidewalks., Transition plan.",
author = "Ayman Halabya and Khaled El-Rayes",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 by Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. All rights reserved.; 6th CSCE-CRC International Construction Specialty Conference 2017 - Held as Part of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference and General Meeting 2017 ; Conference date: 31-05-2017 Through 03-06-2017",
year = "2017",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781510878419",
series = "6th CSCE-CRC International Construction Specialty Conference 2017 - Held as Part of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference and General Meeting 2017",
publisher = "Canadian Society for Civil Engineering",
pages = "243--250",
booktitle = "6th CSCE-CRC International Construction Specialty Conference 2017 - Held as Part of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference and General Meeting 2017",
}