Age-Friendly Transportation Policies and Practices in the U.S. and China: A Comparative Study

Xueming Chen () and Suwei Feng
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Xueming Chen: L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA
Suwei Feng: School of Public Economics and Administration, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai 200433, China

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 2, 1-14

Abstract: Despite significant political, cultural, and socioeconomic differences, the U.S. and China share some common development issues, including, but not limited to, an aging population, deficient age-friendly transportation systems, and insufficient government funding support to address the issues faced by their transportation-disadvantaged populations (TDP). Through an extensive literature review, this paper first evaluates and compares the major TDP-related laws, regulations, transportation service delivery procedures, and existing age-friendly transportation improvements made in the U.S. and China. Next, it highlights the differences between the U.S. and China in their socioeconomic characteristics and the implications these have on transportation modal shares and age-friendly transportation planning priorities. In the concluding section, it summarizes the research findings and makes preliminary recommendations.

Keywords: aging; age-friendly transportation; public transit; paratransit; the U.S. and China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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