Active travel, public transportation use, and daily transport among older adults: The association of built environment

Yang, Yong; Xu, Yanqing; Rodrı́guez, Daniel A.; Michael, Yvonne; Zhang, Hongmei

doi:10.1016/j.jth.2018.01.012

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“…Older adults usually make shorter trips and their overall trip length declines with age [20,34,38,56,[62][63][64]. As revealed by Moniruzzaman et al [28] and Yang et al [64], the likelihood of walking and walking trip length also declines with increasing age. The rate of decrease in license holding and access to a car with increasing age is higher for women [43,65].…”

Section: Personal Attributesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the UK, non-British nationals travel less compared with British nationals [46]. Black older adults are found to travel more, and Asians are found to use transit more than other ethnic groups [64]. The rate of using alternative modes such as taxis and ridesharing services is higher among whites [63,67], whereas racial and ethnic minority groups show a higher level of perceived need for alternative transport services [68].…”

Section: Personal Attributesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Similarly, employment status is associated with older adults' travel behavior. Being employed or economically active positively influence multimodality [63], automobility [4,28,39], multiple mobility tool ownership [31], transit use [28,39], number of trips [28,64], trip distance [28,61] and lower amounts of walking or biking [17] of older generations. Similarly, Siren and Haustein (2016) [69] found that retirement causes a decline in car use frequency and total mileage, with a greater impact for men compared to women, most likely due to fewer commute trips after retirement.…”

Section: Personal Attributesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Older Adults: Neighborhood and built environment characteristics significantly impact older adults' travel behavior. It is found that compact designs or urban forms such as high dwelling density [28,31,37], high population density [4,20,28,80], high employment density [28], high street density or connectivity [28,64,80], and mixed land use [28,37] stimulate transit-pass ownership, transit use, and walking, as well as short distance trips amongst the older adults. Despite this, older adults are highly car-dependent and Figueroa et al (2014) [81] reported very little impact of high population density and high accessibility on their car travel or car travel distance.…”

Section: Geography and The Built Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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This study aims to synthesize knowledge on the travel behavior of millennials and older adults based on literature from 2010 to 2018. The study looks into the different factors that contributed to shaping each generation’s travel behavior. Both qualitative and quantitative studies that fall within the selection criteria are reviewed, with a total of seventy-eight studies selected for review. Thirty-four papers focused on young adults/millennials, 35 included an older adult population, and 9 investigated both younger and older age groups. Six of the studies utilized qualitative methods, 68 applied quantitative methods, and 4 used mixed methods to explore the factors associated with travel behavior. Travel behaviors are explored in terms of mode choice, trip distance, trip frequency, use of alternative transport, ridesharing, and mobility tool ownership. Associated factors are categorized into five themes: personal attributes, geography and built environment, living arrangements and family life, technology adoption, and perceptions and attitudes towards travel options and environment. This study concludes that difference exists between generations in terms of travel behavior, and that the factors that influence each generation’s travel characteristics are either different or differ in their nature of influence (increase/decrease). Finally, based on the reviewed literature, this study proposes future research directions.

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“…However, age-related and pathological changes in vision, hearing, motor abilities, and cognition impact driving skills and people outlive their ability to drive safely by upwards of ten years [ 12 ]. Though urban areas typically have better access to public transportation, demographic characteristics such as female gender, health conditions, lower socio-economic status and built environment features such as neighborhood poverty, street connectivity, and walkability all affect the utilization of public transportation [ 13 ]. Failure to access suitable transportation options impacts health via missed medical appointments and leads to increased social isolation [ 14 , 15 ].…”

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Examining Older Adults’ Perspectives on the Built Environment and Correlates of Healthy Aging in an American Age-Friendly Community

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2020

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Population aging has led to an increased focus on the environmental context in which we age. While researchers have identified significant health benefits associated with built community features such as housing, transportation and outdoor spaces and buildings, less attention has focused on the correlates of healthy aging and other characteristics via the perspective of community-dwelling older adults. This study utilized cluster analysis to examine health-related subgroups of older adults (n = 598) in an age-friendly community located in the United States, of which nearly half of its residents are age 60 and older. Linear regression was used to associate the health clusters with perceptions of built environmental features and socio-demographics. Four distinct profiles were identified, with the greatest preference for housing and transportation found among those reporting poorer health compared to those reporting excellent health across multi-dimensional healthy aging measures. Perceptions on the importance of built environmental features were also found to vary by age, income and home accessibility status. Findings suggest that older adults’ perceptions about built environmental features differ across health and home status as well as age and income, underscoring opportunities for public health action to better reach and engage older adults by life-course trajectories in age-friendly communities.

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2023

Geriatric Medicine

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Active travel, public transportation use, and daily transport among older adults: The association of built environment

Cited by 93 publications

References 49 publications

Factors Associated with Travel Behavior of Millennials and Older Adults: A Scoping Review

Factors Associated with Travel Behavior of Millennials and Older Adults: A Scoping Review

Examining Older Adults’ Perspectives on the Built Environment and Correlates of Healthy Aging in an American Age-Friendly Community

Social Determinants of Health

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