| Title | Literature Review of the Status of Research on the Transportation and Mobility Needs of Older Women |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 25992 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Wallace, Robert B., 1942-; Franc, Daniel |
| Source | vi, 76 p. : ill. |
| Corporate Creator | Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. Dept. of Preventative Medicine |
| Corporate Contributor |
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| Publisher | United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| Publication Date | 19990400 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | The overall goal of this report is to review the existing literature related to the safe mobility of older women and to make recommendations with respect to future research and data collection on safe mobility and transportation needs. The number of older women will increase substantially in the next few decades, and while age-specific physical disability rates may be lower, the number with disabilities that have an impact on mobility and transportation needs will increase. Family and other social support networks will likely decline in the future because of smaller families and more single and divorced persons. Current transportation and gerontological surveys offer useful information but are inadequate for the broad range of issues at hand. In order to develop policies that promote safe mobility for older women, a number of targeted research areas need development or enhancement, including: a) development of population surveys that attend to multiple issues including transportation practices, mobility needs and desires, economic status and perceptions of the safety and acceptability of current transportation modes; b) development and validation of measures of physical disability that more accurately reflect the use of various transportation modes; c) study of economic status and access to transportation; d) specific study of disabled middle-aged populations now becoming older; e) monitoring of trends in urban and regional design relevant to safe mobility of older women, including new forms of housing such as sheltered and assisted living facilities; and f) improvement of forecasting techniques to predict future mobility and transportation needs including social, economic and physical disability factors. /Abstract from report summary page/ |
| Rosap ID | dot:1664 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1664 |
| TRT Terms | Aged drivers; Females; Needs assessment; Transportation safety; Literature reviews |
| Classification | NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - SAFETY AND SECURITY; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Human Factors; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Highway Safety |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| TRIS Online Accession No |
780291 |
| Report Number | DOT-HS-808-949 |
| Availability | NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research |
| Resource type | Research Paper |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/25000/25900/25992/DOT-HS-808-949.pdf |
| Alternative URL | http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/olddrive/nscrpt.html |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |