TRAVEL BY THE ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED

This paper, thus the analysis of information gathered on the national level and from various localities, summarizes those economic, social and modal service conditions which affect the travel behavior of the elderly and handicapped. It defines the elderly and handicapped and gives an estimate of the size and extent of the overlap existing between the two groups. General characteristics of the elderly and handicapped are presented including economic and employment status, family size and degree of auto availability. The trip-making characteristics as exhibited by the elderly and handicapped are discussed; purposes and frequencies, choice of mode, time and length of trips made by the elderly and handicapped are reported and analyzed in relation to the background conditions experienced by these two groups. /Author/

• Corporate Authors:

  New York State Department of Transportation

  Planning Division, State Campus, Building 4
  Albany, NY  United States  12232
• Authors:
  • Zabinski, R J
• Publication Date: 1977-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 43 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Automobiles; Employment; Mode choice; Persons with disabilities; Socioeconomic factors; Travel patterns; Travel time
• Old TRIS Terms: Modal selection
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172395
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Prelim Res Rpt 128
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM