Transit Barriers

Project Description

Building upon a past project funded by Caltrans and the Mineta Institute, IMR is continuing its research on older mobility and working in conjunction with the Transportation Safety Center to evaluate the transit training class at the Rossmoor Retirement Center in Walnut Creek, California, and identify other barriers that may prevent seniors from taking transit. 

The transit training class takes participants on bus rides along the routes of two major transit options available to Rossmoor residents, emphasizing the destinations that residents frequent most. Participants also learn about bus fares and where to access transit information. Rossmoor residents are surveyed immediately before and after undergoing transit training. A longitudinal study with participants from up to two years ago will evaluate if the Rossmoor transit training class has changed participant behavior in the long term.

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Department of Human and Health Services Administration on Aging (AOA)

AOA Fact Sheet

American Association of Retired Persons

AARP Report:

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/il/fs51r_drivers.pdf

AARP Public Policy Institute (PPI) Reports:

Coordinated Transportation Systems

The Impact of Federal Programs on Transportation for Older Adults

Community Transportation Survey

Community Mobility Options: The Older Person’s Interest

National Association of State Units on Aging (NASUA)

http://www.nasua.org/

NASUA Report:

Developing Coordinated Transportation Systems for Older Persons

Transportation Research Board:

http://trb.org/

TRB Reports:

Accessible Transportation and Mobility

http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/millennium/00001.pdf

Transportation in an Aging Society: Improving Mobility and Safety for Older Persons Volume 1 and Volume 2

http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=2942

http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=2707

A Guide for Reducing Collisions Involving Older Drivers

http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_500v9.pdf

Impact of Left-Turn Phasing on Older and Younger Drivers at High-Speed

Signalized Intersections

http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/reports/protect_permit.pdf

Older Travelers: Does Place or Race Make a Difference?

http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/circulars/ec026/01_rosenbloom.pdf

Influences on Mobility Among Non-Driving Older Americans

http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/circulars/ec026/03_evans.pdf

Transit Cooperative Research (TCRP) Report 82: Improving Public Transit Options for Older Persons

http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=1162

Mineta Transportation Institute:

Mineta Report

http://transweb.sjsu.edu/ mtiportal/research/ publications/summary/0604.html

Video Transit Training for Older Travelers: A Case Study of the Rossmoor 
Senior Adult Community, California

http://gateway.path.berkeley.edu/PATH_Downloads/Video/IMR/Rossmoor-Final.mpg

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/

NHTSA Reports:

Physician’s Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers

Turning the Corner…and Still Driving

http://www.bts.gov/

BTS Report:

Travel Patterns of Older Americans with Disabilities

Paratransit Inc.

http://www.paratransit.org/index.html

Paratransit Report: Spending Tomorrow’s Dollars on Yesterday’s Problems

http://www.paratransit.org/report/index.html

American Public Transportation Association

Older Americans Attitudes Toward Mobility and Transportation

http://www.apta.com/media/releases/051206harris_interactive.cfm