LEFT BEHIND: THE DILEMMA of TRANSIT for the DISABLED and the POOR in a DISASTER
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In the hours following the bombing of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001,
thousands of persons in New York and Washington, D.C. evacuated the cities on foot.
This every-man-for-himself evacuation posed unique challenges for many individuals
with disabilities that impeded their swift movement. The recent natural disaster in New
Orleans and the surrounding region echoed again the dilemma faced by persons with
disabilities as they struggled to meet the challenges of disability compounded by limited
resources for personal evacuation. This paper focuses on research in the area of transit
security for persons with disabilities and obstacles confronted by persons with disabilities
including the impact of poverty in evacuation.