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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jul 25.
Published in final edited form as: Transp Res Rec. 2023 Aug 3;2678(5):271–287. doi: 10.1177/03611981231188730

Table 3.

Travel Barriers to Using Public Transportation by Codes

Codes (n)

CT PT LT EnT RT ExT AD

Physical disabilities (N = 8)
 Accessibility to service location 3 4 0 0 1 0 3
 Adverse weather conditions 2 3 0 0 0 0 0
 Transportation schedule 2 3 1 0 0 0 0
 Vehicle ingress/egress 0 2 0 2 0 4 0
 Third-party assistance required 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
 Public perception 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
 Transportation app challenges 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
 Lack of knowledge about service 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
 Wheelchair securement 0 0 0 2 3 1 0
Visual impairments (N = 4)
 Transportation schedule 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
 Accessibility to service location 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Motivation 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Third-party assistance required 0 2 1 1 1 2 0
 Transportation app challenges 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
 Lack of knowledge about service 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
 Unsafe driving 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
 Malfunctioning public address system 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
 Adverse weather conditions 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Physical and visual difficulties (N = 1)
 Transportation schedule 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
 Third-party assistance required 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Adverse weather conditions 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Vehicle ingress/egress 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Cognitive difficulties (N = 3)
 Adverse weather conditions 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Transportation schedule 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
 Health conditions 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Note: CT = considering a trip; PT = planning a trip; LT = locating transportation; EnT = entering the transportation; RT = riding the transportation;ExT = exiting the transportation; AD = arriving at the destination.