Aging America and Transportation
Springer Publishing Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8261-2315-2 (ISBN)
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This solution-focused volume fills a gap in the literature by addressing the key issues around mobility and transportation for the aging Baby Boomer generation--issues that will be significantly different than those of previous generations of older adults. This new generation, many of whom will continue to work past the traditional retirement age and expect to pursue an active lifestyle, may have to confront new transportation technology, the need to use public transportation, and ways to continue driving safely as their eyesight fades and reaction time slows down. This volume examines many of the issues faced by policymakers, transportation officials, vehicle manufacturers, health and human services professionals, and aging adults themselves as the largest generation prepares to enter late adulthood.
The volume's editors are both at the MIT AgeLab, whose multi-disciplinary team designs, develops and deploys innovations to enhance quality of life for aging populations. Through the contributions of a diverse group of theorists and practitioners, including recommendations from the National Older Driver Safety Advisory Council, a collaboration between AARP's Driver Safety Program and the MIT AgeLab, the book discusses several key topics pertinent to Aging America and transportation. Among them are the changing demographics of the population, how this generation's lifestyle choices affect mobility, technology trends in private vehicles, changes in the infrastructure and transportation system, the ""new"" older driver, and issues of safety and education among older drivers. This book also explores practical solutions and strategies, such as new transportation options and innovations that will significantly impact the future of mobility for older adults, for keeping these seniors active and mobile well into their later years.
Key Features:
Focuses on the unique mobility needs of the aging Baby Boomer generation
Provides practical solutions and strategies for policy changes to enhance the mobility of older adults
Examines issues faced by policymakers, transportation officials, vehicle manufacturers, health and human services professionals, and aging adults
Discusses strategies for updating the infrastructure and transportation system, driving safety education for older drivers, and trends in private vehicle innovations
Dr. Joseph F. Coughlin, PhD serves as both Director of the USDOT Region I University Transportation Centers Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and as Director of the MIT AgeLab. Lisa A. D'Ambrosio, PhD is a Research Scientist at the MIT AgeLab. Her research addresses the social aspects of aging, including questions about what an aging population will need to enhance and improve their quality of life and to enable older adults to live independently longer.
National Older Driver Safety Advisory Council Members
Contributors
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Section I: Setting the Context
1. Purpose of This Volume
The National Older Driver Safety Advisory Council
2. The Continuing and Growing Importance of Mobility
3. Describing the Older Adult Population
4. The Travel and Mobility Needs of Older People
Now and in the Future
Section II: The Changing Transportation System
5. The Changing Car: New Vehicle Technologies
6. The Future Highway Infrastructure-How It Can Help Older
Drivers and Pedestrians Retain Their Mobility
7. Innovative Mobility Services and Technologies: A Pathway Toward
Transit Flexibility, Convenience, and Choice
Section III: The New Older Driver
8. The New Older Driver in the United States and Canada:
Changes and Challenges
9. Reducing Older Road-User Deaths
10. Beyond the Car
11. Older Driver Education
12. Older Driver Education Today and the Possibilities for
Tomorrow
Section IV: Innovations for Future Mobility
of the Baby Boomers
13. Outside the Box: New Models for Transportation
Partnerships
14. If Demographics Is Destiny, Are We Preparing for It? Aging
Baby Boomers, Transportation Planning, and Investing
in Mobility Tomorrow
15. National Older Driver Safety Advisory Council Recommendations
for Policy Makers
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.1.2012 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 50 illustrations |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 333 g |
| Themenwelt | Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Histologie / Embryologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8261-2315-5 / 0826123155 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8261-2315-2 / 9780826123152 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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