Elderly Sustainable Mobility: Scientific Paper Review

Kaniz Fatima, Sara Moridpour, Chris De Gruyter and Tayebeh Saghapour
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Kaniz Fatima: Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Discipline, RMIT University, Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia
Sara Moridpour: Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Discipline, RMIT University, Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia
Chris De Gruyter: School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University, Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia
Tayebeh Saghapour: School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University, Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 18, 1-17

Abstract: The number of elderly people as a proportion of the world’s population is growing significantly. Special attention to the accessibility and mobility requirements of this group is needed. The contribution of this paper is a review of travel patterns, mode preferences, infrastructure solutions, accessibility indices, mode choice models and datasets as they relate to elderly mobility. Key findings highlight the role of residential location characteristics in shaping elderly travel patterns, helping to explain why research on elderly travel has largely relied on case studies to date. The review also summarizes a range of indices that have been developed to measure public transport and walking accessibility among the elderly, including distance and time-based methods. Future research should consider the dominance of private transport in facilitating elderly mobility and its implications for cities experiencing an aging population.

Keywords: elderly; elderly transport accessibility; elderly accessibility index; elderly active transport; elderly sustainable transport; mobility; elderly travel pattern; elderly mode choice study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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