A Systematic Review of Government Measures to Improve Age-Friendly Transportation in the U.S., U.K., Japan, and China

Jichao Geng (), Qun Shi and Rebecca Kechen Dong
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Jichao Geng: School of Economics and Management, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, China
Qun Shi: School of Economics and Management, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, China
Rebecca Kechen Dong: Management DG, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 7, 1-28

Abstract: The global population is aging, and many countries face the daunting challenge of improving their social service systems to accommodate the shift. As global aging increases, the travel needs of older persons are becoming more pronounced. Given this, there is now an urgent need to create and enforce efficient actions to reconcile the incompatibility of the current transportation networks with the growing demand for travel by the elderly. In light of this context, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and China are used as examples in this study. It adopts a literature review analysis method based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines to systematically review and analyze the efforts of the four countries to address the challenges of aging mobility in five dimensions, namely, laws and regulations, planning and design, policy measures, transportation infrastructure and services, and technology development. This review illustrates the similarities, distinctions, and difficulties that each nation faces in advancing the development of an age-friendly transportation environment by contrasting and evaluating the real-world experiences of the four nations. Accordingly, countermeasures and recommendations, such as stepped fare concessions and attention to the psychological adaptation of older persons in technological innovations, are proposed.

Keywords: population aging; policy; age-friendly transportation; mobility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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