TRAVEL BEHAVIOR OF RESIDENTS OF RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES

Urban travel estimation is reviewed in the context of a growing elderly population and the trend of development of retirement communities. The life-style characteristics of retirement communities are uniquely different from those of virtually all elderly groups previously studied, and the mobility of the inhabitants appears to be reflected in this life style. Traditional, and newly developed, travel demand models fail to incorporate parameters that account for the significant variation in travel demand of elderly people that exists as a function of life style. An alternative trip generation model is proposed that would estimate travel demand of elderly people on the basis of life style using measures of age, dwelling unit type, employment status, and discretionary or obligatory travel.

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• Authors:
  • Witkowski, James M
  • Buick, Thomas R
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 13-22
• Monograph Title: TRANSPORTATION FOR ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED PERSONS, PARATRANSIT, AND RIDESHARING
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1018
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Communities; Life styles; Mathematical models; Mobility; Retirement; Travel behavior; Travel demand; Trip generation
• Old TRIS Terms: Retirement communities
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00453113
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030903907X
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 31 1986 12:00AM