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0EOPLE WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT CANNOT HEAR WHAT IS BEING SAID OVER PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS AT BUS STATIONS AND REQUIRE VISUAL INFORMATION
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'ETTING INFORMATION AT BUS STATIONS CAN BE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HEARING IMPAIRED BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY ARE SET UP &OR EXAMPLE AT 7ODEN CUSTOMER SERVICE STAFF ARE AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL TO CUSTOMERS 4HIS MAKES LIP READING DIFFICULT ! HEARING LOOP COULD ASSIST
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0EOPLE WITH A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT CANNOT SEE BUS NUMBERS AND IDENTIFY BUSES BY THE TIMES AT WHICH THEY ARRIVE 4HE PROPOSED BUS INTERCHANGE WILL HAVE MULTIPLE BUSES USING THE SAME BUS STOP MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY BUSES "USES WITH AUDIBLE IDENTIFICATION OF BUS NUMBERS WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE WHO ARE VISION IMPAIRED TO DISTINGUISH THE CORRECT BUS
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4ACTILE SURFACING SHOULD BE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE INTERCHANGE AND LOUNGE #URRENTLY BUSES DO NOT ALWAYS STOP WITH THE BUS DOOR PARALLEL TO THE TACTILE PAD
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4HERE SHOULD NOT BE MULTIPLE TYPES OF FLOOR SURFACES AT THE STATION THAT COULD BE CONFUSED WITH TACTILE SURFACING
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#LEAR DISPLAY OF BUS STOP NUMBERS IS REQUIRED
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3OCIAL PLANNING FOR THE 7ODEN BUS INTERCHANGE SHOULD ACCOMMODATE CHANGES IN #ANBERRA S DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE FOR THE NEXT TO YEARS !LTHOUGH THE CURRENT PROFILE OF PASSENGERS USING 7ODEN BUS INTERCHANGE REFLECTS A YOUNG AGE STRUCTURE DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS INDICATE SLOW POPULATION GROWTH AND INCREASING NUMBERS OF MIDDLE AGED AND OLDER PEOPLE #ANBERRA S POPULATION IS PROJECTED TO GROW BY TO OVER THE NEXT YEARS )N THAT PERIOD THE POPULATION AGED OVER YEARS IS PROJECTED TO GROW BY WITH OF THIS BEING PEOPLE AGED YEARS AND OVER 'IVEN THE CURRENT PURPOSE OF JOURNEY FOR MOST PASSENGERS THE DEMOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE PLANNING OF THE 7ODEN BUS STATION INCLUDE Q
4HE PRIME WORKING AGE POPULATION OF PEOPLE AGED TO YEARS IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY OVER THE NEXT YEARS OF WHICH WILL BE PEOPLE IN THE TO AGE GROUP "Y THE PROPORTION OF THE #ANBERRA POPULATION IN THE WORKFORCE WILL FALL FROM THE CURRENT TO
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4HE NUMBER OF SCHOOL AGED YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN AND YEARS IS PROJECTED TO DECREASE FROM IN TO ABOUT IN 4HIS AGE GROUP REPRESENTED OF THE TOTAL #ANBERRA POPULATION IN BUT WILL REPRESENT ONLY OF THE POPULATION IN 4HE PROPORTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE AGED LESS THAN YEARS IN THE #ANBERRA POPULATION WILL DECREASE FROM IN TO IN %VEN TWICE CURRENT FERTILITY LEVELS WOULD NOT PREVENT A DOUBLING OF THE POPULATION AGED YEARS AND OVER
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