Is Local Public Transport unsuitable for elderly? Exploring the cases of two Italian cities

Mariotti, Ilaria; Burlando, Claudia; Landi, Stefano

doi:10.1016/j.rtbm.2021.100643

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“…As stated by Mariotti et al [91], the conditions of the neighbourhood where older adults live become increasingly important. Fobker and Grotz [92] explored everyday mobility of elderly people in different urban settings, and they found that increasing age is marked by a withdrawal away from the public to the private sphere and this behaviour is reflected by a shrinking of the activity space.…”

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“…A second limitation relates to the nature of subjective variables, always influenced by respondents' capacity to adapt to disadvantageous situations [96] and their expectations [97]. Subjective variables notoriously suffer from the tendency on the part of respondents to offer opinions that are implicitly affected by a comparison between their actual state or condition and that of their neighbours [91,98]. To prevent this, our sample was made by considering the years of residence in the neighbourhood as a decisive factor.…”

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Seniors’ Mobility and Perceptions in Different Urban Neighbourhoods: A Non-Aggregative Approach

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In order to highlight the subjective criticality of each neighbourhood to inspire future policy actions, we propose an analysis comparing the perceptions of over-65s residents in the neighbourhoods that make up the Municipality of Genoa. We suggest a new approach based on a quantitative non-aggregative method, Partially Ordered Set (Poset), to measure the levels of satisfaction related to local public transport (LPT), pedestrian mobility, and quality of life in the 25 districts of Genoa. Final data of the analysis come from 401 questionnaires, distributed to residents over 65 years old in the Municipality of Genoa. This approach allows to address the multidimensionality of the phenomenon, as well as its different conceptual spheres. The findings highlight a great variance in local public transport needs perception between different neighbourhoods. In particular, the analysis shows that the types of intervention requested by respondents differ from district to district, so that a common urban transport policy would be ineffective. Some neighbourhoods stress the need for improving pedestrian mobility, whilst local public transport faults dominate in others. There is no significant relation between the three dimensions: Perceived quality of LPT, perceived quality of pedestrian mobility, and perceived quality of neighbourhood. Therefore, interventions should be carefully modulated, according to the specific needs expressed by the residents of each neighbourhood. We conclude that the importance of urban mobility intervention is reduced, whereas the concept of neighbourhood analysis and intervention becomes more relevant.

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Seniors’ Mobility and Perceptions in Different Urban Neighbourhoods: A Non-Aggregative Approach

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“…This probably happened because older people do generally have fewer digital competencies and they would be more reluctant to participate in an online survey (Politis et al, 2021). Moreover, people who are over 60 years old are already retired and/or rarely use public transport due to certain psy- cho-social barriers which have been identified both in Italy (Mariotti,et al,2021) and in other countries (Al-Rashid et al, 2021). About 60% of the sample are employees, and 15% are freelancers, while the remaining 26% carry out another type of work activity.…”

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A region-wide survey on emotional and psychological impacts of COVID-19 on public transport choices in Sicily, Italy

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Public transport generally addresses the evident mobility needs and offers an often-irreplaceable service, especially for captive users and other disadvantaged population groups. Public transport design and services are closely related to the physical size of modern cities, the number of people living or working in them, and the distribution and organization of work and social activities. However, public transport has been restricted with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, since March 2020. Public transport demand collapsed, especially during the lockdown period (March-May 2020), and adverse effects were reported even in the subsequent periods. In fact, the social distancing restrictions have highlighted numerous problems with public transport systems worldwide, primarily due to two factors. The first is related to the spread of the virus via the respiratory route, which is more likely to infect in restricted areas, and the second is associated with a transport system that by definition has high occupancy rates and low spacing throughout the journey (e.g., the positioning of seats or standing places in a train or bus). Thus, the COVID-19 pandemic has substantially impacted the travel choices of users. The pandemic has also negatively affected the psychological state, generating specific problems of anxiety, fear, or stress among all population groups, even when choosing the means of transport to travel with.Given the emerging pandemic challenges, the present study examines the public transport demand characteristics during the various phases of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sicily, one of the most affected regions in Italy. The study investigates the mental state of a population sample that frequently used the local urban or regional public transport to travel to work before and during the pandemic phases in the Sicilian territory. Through the administration of an online survey, it was possible to collect sociodemographic and psychological data to understand the propensity to use public transport. A series of inferential statistical tests were applied to assess the correlation of psychological aspects (i.e., fear, anxiety, and stress) with socio-demographic variables and modal choice habits (trip frequency). Results highlight and evaluate each psychological issue among population groups and their relative role in shaping public transport-related preferences. The study highlights some proposals and their implementation strategies to prevent negative emotions and encourage public transport use in Sicily and generally.

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“…While the consensus seems to be that seniors tend to have smaller and more compact activity spaces [ 30 , 31 ] they cannot be considered home-bound, as their daily mobility is complex and they show great variance in their activity spaces sizes and shapes [ 32 ]. Previous studies have found that given the proper built environment conditions, seniors can significantly extend their living spaces and even spend more time outside of their residential neighborhood than inside of it [ 33 , 34 ]. That is especially true in walkable and compact cities such as Barcelona where seniors most often used modes of transport -walking and public transport- can take them far within the city.…”

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Comparison of static and dynamic exposures to air pollution, noise, and greenness among seniors living in compact-city environments

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GPS technology and tracking study designs have gained popularity as a tool to go beyond the limitations of static exposure assessments based on the subject's residence. These dynamic exposure assessment methods offer high potential upside in terms of accuracy but also disadvantages in terms of cost, sample sizes, and types of data generated. Because of that, with our study we aim to understand in which cases researchers need to use GPS-based methods to guarantee the necessary accuracy in exposure assessment. With a sample of 113 seniors living in Barcelona (Spain) we compare their estimated daily exposures to air pollution (PM2.5, PM10, NO2), noise (dB), and greenness (NDVI) using static and dynamic exposure assessment techniques. Results indicate that significant differences between static and dynamic exposure assessments are only present in selected exposures, and would thus suggest that static assessments using the place of residence would provide accurate-enough values across a number of exposures in the case of seniors. Our models for Barcelona’s seniors suggest that dynamic exposure would only be required in the case of exposure to smaller particulate matter (PM2.5) and exposure to noise levels. The study signals to the need to consider both the mobility patterns and the built environment context when deciding between static or dynamic measures of exposure assessment.

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Is Local Public Transport unsuitable for elderly? Exploring the cases of two Italian cities

Cited by 11 publications

References 58 publications

Seniors’ Mobility and Perceptions in Different Urban Neighbourhoods: A Non-Aggregative Approach

Seniors’ Mobility and Perceptions in Different Urban Neighbourhoods: A Non-Aggregative Approach

A region-wide survey on emotional and psychological impacts of COVID-19 on public transport choices in Sicily, Italy

Comparison of static and dynamic exposures to air pollution, noise, and greenness among seniors living in compact-city environments

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