Accessibility to hospitals by public transport needs to be improved in many places. This is the result of a case study research done by ROVER, EPF member organisation, in the Netherlands.

Rover looked at 24 hospitals across the country, examining how easy / difficult it is to reach them by public transport, taking into account aspects such as frequency of public transport, walking route to stops (including accessibility for e.g. people with a visual impairment), information provision, distance of the stop from the entrance of the hospital, …

Rover’s research shows that many hospitals are not, or poorly, accessible by public transport, especially at weekends or in the evenings. Walking distances to parking spaces are often shorter than for the bus. , the walking route is not always clearly marked. Guide lines for the blind and visually impaired are also sometimes missing. The hospital itself could also do more to provide travellers with good information.

Read more on Rover’s website