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Article in Community Transportation describes efforts to stop pitting against each other two of the most vulnerable populations in our society for often inadequate transportation service.
Scholarly article examines long-distance travel of people with low incomes, and seniors; found they take fewer trips than others, mostly by bus.
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a guide for physicians to evaluate older drivers abilities
Summary of a study that sought to provide a greater understanding of older persons' mobility, as measured by the number of trips they make around their communities. (A drop-down menu near the top leads to the full report in PDF.)
Summary of an article entitled "Effects of aging on older drivers' travel characteristics" that involved interviewing older drivers.
This 61 page PDF report (plus an executive summary, and lengthy appendices) offers a thorough examination of the issues, and identifies current programs worth enhancing, and makes other recommendations.
This scholarly article examines the state of knowledge on this issue; includes executive summary and lengthy reference list.
Discusses several issues, including mobility, dignity, cost-savings, transportation alternatives, and the need to create solutions quickly for our growing numbers of older drivers.
Summary of the report: Mobility and independence: changes and challenges for older drivers , with a call to action.
Outlines the Administration on Aging's (AoH of the U.S. federal government) 3-pronged strategy on transportation and seniors.
The USA's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration conducted a scientific study of mobility issues. With detailed references.
Paper on private car driving progresses roughly from demography and social factors, to health status, aging and motor vehicle operating risk, determinants of mobility, economic status, and onto recommendations for safe mobility--the main theme of this paper.
Article describes a survey and workshops of Australian drivers, with emphasis on problems faced, and travel choices.
The authors try to tie together the consequences of driving cessation with a look at older women drivers. (PDF format.)
Describes a report that outlines the problem of providing viable alternatives to the private car, and discusses the lack of adequate transportation options in the suburbs, where most of our elderly population now lives.
Traffic Safety Center Newsletter, Issue #1.
The theme of this issue is Older Adults and Safe Mobility.
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