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Older Adults, New Mobility, and Automated Vehicles

Description
Discusses how the use of automated vehicles (AVs) and shared mobility options, like carsharing, ridehailing, and others, in public transportation may benefit and harm older adults. Identifies key factors related to older adults' mobility and describes transportation challenges in rural communities.
Author(s)
Laura Fraade-Blanar, Nico Larco, Ryan Best, Tiffany Swift, Marjory Blumenthal
Date
02/2021
Type
Document
Organizations
AARP Public Policy Institute, RAND Corporation, Urbanism Next Center
Tagged as
Access · Elderly population · Injuries · Rural-urban differences · Transportation

Organizations (2)