Evaluation of Public Infrastructures and Transportation Accessibility for People with Disabilities in Ahmedabad City

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the public infrastructures and transportation accessibility for people with disabilities in Ahmedabad city which includes to find out the average accessibility of all the sampled buildings in Ahmedabad, to evaluate the accessibility of the categorized buildings, to evaluate the accessibility of internal & external environments of the buildings, to find out the minimum and maximum accessible buildings in Ahmedabad city. In this study 20 samples were selected using a stratified sampling and they were divided into four categories-1^st-Hospitals & Clinical Departments, 2^nd-Transportation, 3^rd-Public buildings, 4^th-Public parks, Malls, Amusement & Historical Places. Accessibility of each Public Infrastructure and Transportation system was determined by using an Access audit form. Percentage of the total positive markings was analyzed. Result shows public buildings have the lowest accessibility score in compare to others. Average accessibility of the Ahmedabad buildings is 30.33% which is very low. Hospitals & Clinical Departments are more accessible than other public infrastructures and transportation. From this study, it has been concluded that public infrastructures and transportation of Ahmedabad are very less accessible for people with disabilities. Therefore, modifications in public infrastructures and transportation need to be done to make them accessible which help people with disabilities to live their lives at fullest and independently.