Modelo de inclusión a las personas con discapacidad en el transporte público urbano de la ciudad de Riobamba, provincia de Chimborazo

Abstract

The model of inclusion of disabled people in the public urban transport of Riobamba city, Chimborazo province, will permit the elimination of vial infrastructure barriers as well as the improvement of the Public Urban Transport so as to detail the limitations affecting mobility and participation of disabled people in the public services. For the information collection, it was necessary to apply questionnaires to the citizens, transporters and disabled people; at the same time field observation cards and interviews were used where the necessary documentary information was collected; the analysis and revision of the Organic Law of the Handicapped, The Transit Organic Law, the Ecuadorian Technical Law INEN and the Municipal Regulations were used concluding with the proposal which will permit to encourage the public transportation operators, the control institutions and the citizens to jointly work in the inclusion of disabled people in the public urban transport, keeping the ethical and moral principles of the social environment and promoting the quality in the transport services to the people with a reduced mobility.