An exploratory analysis of disabled people accessibility to urban public transport: the use of Geographical Information Systems

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"The potential information available in administrative records managedby Public Administrations is vast for its value in improving the social andeconomic research and its utility to evaluate, judge and plan the public policies.An advance in the standardization and coordination of the information recordsand systems would reduce the marginal cost of operations and would update datain order to avoid the fraud and improve the transparency. Thus, the aim of thispaper is merging three independent public databases that they refer to people withdisabilities, their location and their accessibility to urban transport. To do this, anew and unique database is built using a Geographic Information System (GIS). Itis the ability of GIS to reconcile spatial data from different sources that allows thecreation of new data sets. This framework may improve the availability of neededdata, promote integration of technology and encourage collaboration among firmsand the public sector what would allow Public Administrations’ decision makingtaking into account the economic and social characteristics of the registered disabledpeople."