Community intervention to deter illegal parking in spaces reserved for the physically disabled.
Author
Cope, John G.; Allred, Linda J.
Abstract
Illegal use of reserved parking spaces represents a major obstacle to the independence and mobility of people with physical disabilities. Using an ABACACA reversal design, the daily rates of illegal parking in four reserved spaces were examined across three types of sign displays: (a) a vertical sign alone or in combination with (b) a message sign that announced the possibility of public surveillance or (c) a message dispenser device that announced community involvement and dispensed politely worded reminder notes. The average rate of illegal parking dropped from 51.3% during the initial vertical sign phase to 37.3% under the message sign condition, followed by an increase to 50.4% when the message was removed. Illegal parking decreased to 24.5% when the message dispensers were first used (followed by an increase to 57.0% when they were removed) and to 23.7% when the message dispenser condition was repeated. Illegal parking in the final vertical sign condition failed to return to previous levels (M = 37.3%). Originally published Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Vol. 24, No. 4, Winter 1991
Subject
Date
1991
Citation:
APA:
Cope, John G., & Allred, Linda J.. (January 1991).
Community intervention to deter illegal parking in spaces reserved for the physically disabled..
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
24(4),
687-
693. Retrieved from
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3223
MLA:
Cope, John G., and Allred, Linda J..
"Community intervention to deter illegal parking in spaces reserved for the physically disabled.". Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
24:4. (687-693),
January 1991.
September 21, 2023.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3223.
Chicago:
Cope, John G. and Allred, Linda J.,
"Community intervention to deter illegal parking in spaces reserved for the physically disabled.," Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis 24, no.
4 (January 1991),
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3223 (accessed
September 21, 2023).
AMA:
Cope, John G., Allred, Linda J..
Community intervention to deter illegal parking in spaces reserved for the physically disabled.. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
January 1991;
24(4):
687-693.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3223. Accessed
September 21, 2023.
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East Carolina University