Examining Residential Patterns of Disabled Individuals Near Mass Transit Systems
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by Jonathan C. Denton

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Objective:
 
To determine a shift in residential patterns of individuals with (major/severe) disabilities torwards  areas located within accessible distances to recent and available mass transportation systems.
 

Area of Study and Time period:
Dallas Area Rapid Transit System (DART) light rail system in Dallas County,
TX.
 
Time Period for Examining Population Change:
1990 ( before DART light Rail Availability) to 2000 (fully operational for 4 yrs.).

Age and Disability type:
  • Individual Ages:  16 to 64 yrs. old

 

  • Major Disabilities Include:

Sensory: blind, deaf, or (other).

Mentally and Physically disabled