Role of the
participants and specific skills:
AGE contributes the
user requirements of older people in the field of
accessibility to transport.
COCEMFE contributes the
user requirements of people with disabilities in the field
of accessibility to transport.
CRF contributes its
expertise on full automobile and bus design and manufacture
with a focus on ergonomic aspects and their compatibility
with vehicle functions.
ENIL pursues the goal
of achieving independent living conditions for people with
disabilities, so the goal of this project can be included
within this more general goal. This association will extend
its activity in the field of transport by taking part in
this project.
GIAT-EUVE contributes its
expertise in computer aided design and prototyping focused
on engineering as well as its expertise in managing
projects of design of technical aids and in managing large
thematic networks.
GIAT-FINE contributes its
expertise as a successful industrial designer and
manufacturer of disabled accessibility devices for both
trains and buses.
GIAT-ICAVI contributes its
know-how in the range of technical aids in the market,
their distribution by governments, and the training of
end-users to use them as well as the dissemination of
information to end-users and governments to optimally
select the adequate technical aids taking into account both
technical and sociological issues.
POLIS brings into the
project the voice of authorities (primary decision makers)
in the field of transport as well as the coordination with
other innovation initiatives that they work on.
RATP brings into the
project the voice of transport operators.
SIEMENS contributes its
expertise on railway and subway rolling stock design and
manufacturing .
SINTEF contributes its
expertise in computer aided design and prototyping focused
on usability and geometrical shape as well as its
experience in coordinating complex research projects among
many partners.