Understanding the Transportation Mobility Needs for an Aging New Jersey Population

This research was conducted with two broad objectives: (a) to identify the transportation mobility needs and barriers of older adults in New Jersey, and (b) to recommend innovative strategies to meet their transportation needs. To fulfill its objectives the research took resource to (a) literature review; (b) online research to review innovative mobility strategies for older adults around the country; (c) interviews with organizations providing innovative transportation services and/or technologies in different parts of the country; (d) outreach with New Jersey experts on older adults’ mobility needs and barriers; (e) data analysis to identify places within New Jersey where older adults have the potential to grow in the near future; (f) data analysis to compare the heterogeneity of older adults in different parts of the state; (g) survey of New Jersey municipal officials to comprehend plans to accommodate older-adult housing, assess the quality of local transportation for older adults, and gain insights about transportation strategy preferences; and (h) a survey of New Jersey older adults to examine their travel patterns, trip deprivation, preparation for driving cessation, transportation and communications technology use, perception of autonomous vehicles, and preference for transportation strategies to enhance mobility of older adults. Based on these tasks, the study presented a number of strategy recommendations for enhancing transportation mobility of older adults living in different types of areas in New Jersey, suggested potential pilot programs, and generated a number of datasets that can be used by metropolitan planning organizations and agencies providing transportation or related services to older adults in the state.

• Record URL:
  https://www.njdottechtransfer.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/FHWA-NJ-2021-005.pdf
• Summary URL:
  http:// https://www.njdottechtransfer.net/wp-c.../uploads/2021/06/FHWA-NJ-2021-005-TB.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56471
• Corporate Authors:

  Rutgers University, New Brunswick

  Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center
  33 Livingston Avenue
  New Brunswick, NJ  United States  08901

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  New Jersey Department of Transportation

  1035 Parkway Avenue
  Trenton, NJ  United States  08625
• Authors:
  • Deka, Devajyoti
  • Alexander, Karen
• Publication Date: 2021-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 137p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Aged; Literature reviews; Mobility; Public transit; Recommendations; Strategic planning; Surveys; Transportation disadvantaged persons
• Geographic Terms: New Jersey
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01775009
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-NJ-2021-005
• Contract Numbers: 19-60158 (Task Order # 365)
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 24 2021 4:40PM