Transport innovations for elderly people

Cirella, Giuseppe T.; Bąk, Monika; Koźlak, Aleksandra; Pawłowska, Barbara; Borkowski, Przemysław

doi:10.1016/j.rtbm.2019.100381

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“…Housing, and the neighbourhood environment, both of which impact on travel behaviour are key policy areas to focus on [32,33]. The provision of accessible and affordable transport is also an important objective in planning for the mobility of older people [34]. Research has indicated that the availability, accessibility and affordability of transport play an important role in affecting older people's travel preferences and addressing their mobility needs [35][36][37].…”

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Transport and Mobility Needs for an Ageing Society from a Policy Perspective: Review and Implications

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Cui

2021

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The world population is ageing, and many countries in the world are confronted by significant challenges in adapting their health and social systems to meet the requirements of this demographic change. It is well-accepted that mobility is often closely linked to a person’s independence, wellbeing and quality of life. Interest has increased across the world with regard to how the mobility needs of an ageing society can be addressed, since an ageing population is confronting nations across the globe and poses long-term challenges on a nation’s many aspects, including transport. Questions of how future policies can better respond to the mobility needs of an ageing population and how these policies can be delivered have emerged as major concerns for transport planners, operators and decision-makers. This review explores the way in which implemented policies have addressed the mobility needs of an ageing society, focusing on the provision of accessible, safe and affordable transport. More specifically, the paper reviews legislative and institutional approaches of addressing the mobility needs of an ageing population. The paper discusses the outcomes of these approaches and the remaining challenges in this policy area that relate to elderly people’s mobility and provides future research directions. Based on the discussion, clear conclusions about the effectiveness of particular policies are difficult to make. Alternative approaches (e.g., technological innovations) need to be considered in addressing older people’s mobility needs.

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Transport and Mobility Needs for an Ageing Society from a Policy Perspective: Review and Implications

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2021

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“…Therefore, safer pedestrian crossings would encourage more older adults to walk. As implied by previous studies, elderly people are more concerned about the issues of safe mobility [ 56 , 57 , 58 ]. As expected, crime prevention as a factor encouraging walking was more important for women than for men.…”

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Promoting Sustainable Mobility: A Perspective from Car and Public Transport Users

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2021

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Sustainable mobility is becoming a key factor in improving the quality of life of the residents and increasing physical activity (PA) levels. The current situation of sustainable mobility and its analysis is a first step in understanding the factors that would encourage residents to discover and choose alternative modes of travel. The present study examined the factors that encourage the choice of active modes of travel among urban adult population. Walking and cycling were analyzed as the most sustainable forms of urban mobility from the perspective of car and public transport (PT) users. Total of 902 subjects aged 18 years or older were analyzed in the study to assess commuting habits in Kaunas city, Lithuania. The majority (61.1%) of the respondents used a passenger vehicle, 28.2% used PT, and only 13.5% used active modes of travel. The results showed that safer pedestrian crossings, and comfortable paths were the most significant factors that encourage walking. A wider cycling network, and bicycle safety were the most important incentives for the promotion of cycling. Our findings show that the main factors encouraging walking and cycling among car and PT users are similar, however, the individual characteristics that determine the choice of these factors vary significantly.

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“…The study synthesized exploratory keywords aimed at mapping key concepts, types of evidence, and gaps in the research by systematically searching, selecting, and synthesizing existing knowledge. Explanatory keywords were derived by using a combined star busting [26] and brainstorming [27] approach, as well as the stepladder method of accumulating additional keywords as research was found [28] (see Appendix A for a list of keywords utilized in the analysis). The literature was compiled and publications were systematically analyzed using strategic and critical reading methods [29,30], as presented in Table A1.…”

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“…• land use limitation for urban purposes by smart and compact designing of the public space, • resource efficient modernization and new construction of buildings towards green building and climate-neutrality, • smart and sustainable urban mobility leading to a more sustainable share for pedestrians and shared mobility users as well as public transport passengers, in return for a reduction in car users [28,71], • postulated decentralization of renewable energy supply (i.e., mainly based on solar photovoltaics), • improvement of solid waste and water and sewage management (i.e., the 3R strategy: reduce, reuse, and recycle) or a complementary waste-to-energy model-based city economy, and • reviewing the energy mix while increasing the share from renewable sources.…”

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Energy Re-Shift for an Urbanizing World

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This essay considers the rural-to-urban transition and correlates it with urban energy demands. Three distinct themes are inspected and interrelated to develop awareness for an urbanizing world: internal urban design and innovation, technical transition, and geopolitical change. Data were collected on the use of energy in cities and, by extension, nation states over the last 30 years. The urban population boom continues to pressure the energy dimension with heavily weighted impacts on less developed regions. Sustainable urban energy will need to reduce resource inputs and environmental impacts and decouple economic growth from energy consumption. Fossil fuels continue to be the preferred method of energy for cities; however, an increased understanding is emerging that sustainable energy forms can be implemented as alternatives. Key to this transition will be the will to invest in renewables (i.e., solar, wind, hydro, tidal, geothermal, and biomass), efficient infrastructure, and smart eco-city designs. This essay elucidates how the technical transition of energy-friendly technologies focuses on understanding the changes in the energy mix from non-renewable to renewable. Smart electricity storage grids with artificial intelligence can operate internationally and alleviate some geopolitical barriers. Energy politics is shown to be a problematic hurdle with case research examples specific to Central and Eastern Europe. The energy re-shift stressed is a philosophical re-thinking of modern cities as well as a new approach to the human-energy relationship.

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Transport innovations for elderly people

Cited by 35 publications

References 66 publications

Transport and Mobility Needs for an Ageing Society from a Policy Perspective: Review and Implications

Transport and Mobility Needs for an Ageing Society from a Policy Perspective: Review and Implications

Promoting Sustainable Mobility: A Perspective from Car and Public Transport Users

Energy Re-Shift for an Urbanizing World

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