Travel Behavior of the Aging Boomers: Evidence from Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (Phase IV)

This project represented ongoing research into the relationship of the built environment and travel behavior of older baby boomers (for the purposes of the research, we focus on baby boomers aged 55 to 64, so-called “leading edge” baby boomers). The author's previous project phases focused on suburban areas of Boston, with a particular focus on identifying variation across ‘traditional’ suburban neighborhoods and nearby age-restricted neighborhoods. This particular research phase turned to the more urban settings of Boston, specifically the cities of: Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, and Brookline. There were two basic objectives: 1) Understand the relationships between the built environment and baby boomers’ “active travel” (walking and biking) in urban areas, including understanding the relationships with traffic risk. 2) Understand the differences in travel behavior between urban and suburban boomers.

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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26594
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  New England University Transportation Center

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 40-279
  Cambridge, MA  United States  01239

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  University Transportation Centers Program
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Zegras, Chris
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Pagination: 3p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Bicycling; Built environment; Suburbs; Travel behavior; Urban areas; Walking
• Uncontrolled Terms: Baby boomer generation
• Geographic Terms: Boston Metropolitan Area
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01501354
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MITR22-9
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, RITA, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 16 2013 2:07PM