Transport Policy in Aging Societies: International Comparison and Implications for Canada

This paper evaluates transportation policies of six countries in the industrialized world to understand the extent to which these are being altered to cope with aging societies. A deliberate effort is made to draw lessons from the comparative evaluation for Canadian transport policy. The study underlines the need for transport policies to encompass the wider variety of concerns that directly and indirectly impact on older people's mobility. It also advances an aged-based perspective in the future design of travel surveys and the development of interdisciplinary-private sector linked research programs that look into transport-related issues surrounding the more diverse population of aging baby boomers.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Mercado, Ruben
  • Paez, Antonio
  • Scott, Darren M
  • Newbold, K. Bruce
  • Kanaroglou, Pavlos S
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 85th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2006-1-22 to 2006-1-26
• Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 23p
• Monograph Title: TRB 85th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers CD-ROM

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aging (Materials); Mobility; Policy; Policy making; Private enterprise; Public transit; Transportation planning; Travel surveys; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01031357
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 06-0223
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 23 2006 7:59AM