PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: OPTIONS TO MAINTAIN MOBILITY FOR LIFE

Social service agencies, transportation service providers, and governmental entitites are looking for ways to develop or improve transportation services to meet local travel needs of the aged. In order to understand how to improve transportation choices in a given community, it is important to examine the various organizational structures and types of transportation services currently available. It is also important to examine the types of improvements that would encourage older adults to use existing transportation services and how new services might be brought into the community. This paper describes how use of organization and management, consideration of older-consumer preferences, and improved service delivery can help a community provide a continuum of transportation services to help its elderly adults remain independent and socially integrated as their functional capabilities change and their driving becomes less frequent.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society on Aging

  833 Market Street, Suite 511
  San Francisco, CA  United States  94103-1824
• Authors:
  • Sterns, R
  • Antenucci, V
  • Nelson, C
  • Glasgow, N
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 14-19
• Serial:
  • Generations
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Society on Aging
  • ISSN: 0738-7806

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Mobility; Paratransit services; Public transit; Social service agencies; Transportation disadvantaged persons; Transportation planning; Urban travel
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00968049
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 4 2004 12:00AM