Older Americans' Patterns of Driving and Using Other Transportation

Nina Glasgow

Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 2000, vol. 15, issue 3

Abstract: Most older residents - both urban and rural - drive as their primary mode of transportation. Between 1995 and 2025, the U.S. population age 65 and older is expected to approximately double in size, but the number of the Nation's drivers 65 and older is projected to increase by at least 2.5 times. Higher rates of public transportation use are unlikely unless the availability, quality, and convenience of services, especially in rural communities, are improved. This article examines rural-urban patterns and trends in driving, older people's use of other modes of transportation, and the quality-of-life consequences of driving versus using other transportation.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.289469

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