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PEDESTRIAN TRANSPORTATION FOR RETIRED PEOPLE

RETIREMENT IS RAPIDLY BECOMING A PHASE OF THE NORMAL LIFE HISTORY. TRANSPORTATION IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR MANY RETIRED PEOPLE. FOR ECONOMIC AND HEALTH REASONS, THEY TEND TO BE UNUSUALLY DEPENDENT ON AND HANDICAPPED FOR WALKING. THIS PAPER PRESENTS THE PEDESTRIAN DATA FROM A STUDY OF THE MOBILITY BEHAVIORS AND ATTITUDES OF 709 RETIRED PEOPLE. THEY SUGGEST THAT WALKING IS NOT AT PRESENT A SATISFACTORY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION FOR RETIRED PEOPLE, AND THAT THE MORE DEPENDENT A PERSON IS ON WALKING, THE MORE NEGATIVE HE IS TOWARD IT. HOWEVER, WALKING WAS SEEN TO HAVE ADVANTAGES. IF DISTANCES BETWEEN HOMES AND DESIRED DESTINATIONS WERE WITHIN 15 MINUTES OF WALKING TIME AND IF WALKWAYS WERE CLEAR AND SAFE, DEPENDENCE ON WALKING WOULD BE LESS ONEROUS AND ITS ADVANTAGES--- SOCIAL CONTACT, ECONOMY, INDEPENDENCE, CONVENIENCE, AND HEALTH - MIGHT BE REALIZED. /AUTHOR/

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    • Sponsored by Committee on Social, Economic, and Environmental Factors of Transportation and presented at the 50th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
  • Authors:
    • Carp, Frances M
  • Publication Date: 1971

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  • Media Type: Digital/other
  • Features: References; Tables;
  • Pagination: pp 105-118
  • Monograph Title: Social, Economic, and Environmental Factors of Transportation
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  • Accession Number: 00240064
  • Record Type: Publication
  • ISBN: 0309019692
  • Files: TRIS, TRB
  • Created Date: Mar 7 1972 12:00AM