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Review of Public Transport Needs of Older People in European Context

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Population Ageing, November 2016
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Title
Review of Public Transport Needs of Older People in European Context
Published in
Journal of Population Ageing, November 2016
DOI 10.1007/s12062-016-9168-9
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B. P. Shrestha, A. Millonig, N. B. Hounsell, M. McDonald

Abstract

People's life expectancy is increasing throughout the world as a result of improved living standards and medical advances. The natural ageing process is accompanied by physiological changes which can have significant consequences for mobility. As a consequence, older people tend to make fewer journeys than other adults and may change their transport mode. Access to public transport can help older people to avail themselves of goods, services, employment and other activities. With the current generation of older people being more active than previous generations of equivalent age, public transport will play a crucial role in maintaining their active life style even when they are unable to drive. Hence, public transport is important to older people's quality of life, their sense of freedom and independence. Within the European Commission funded GOAL (Growing Older and staying mobile) project, the requirements of older people using public transport were studied in terms of four main issues: Affordability, availability, accessibility and acceptability. These requirements were then analysed in terms of five different profiles of older people defined within the GOAL project - 'Fit as a Fiddle', 'Hole in the Heart', 'Happily Connected', An 'Oldie but a Goodie' and 'Care-Full'. On the basis of the analysis the paper brings out some areas of knowledge gaps and research needed to make public transport much more attractive and used by older people in the 21st century.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 240 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 46 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 29 12%
Student > Bachelor 25 10%
Researcher 20 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 3%
Other 24 10%
Unknown 90 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Engineering 39 16%
Social Sciences 22 9%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 5%
Medicine and Dentistry 10 4%
Business, Management and Accounting 9 4%
Other 41 17%
Unknown 106 44%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 45. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 March 2024.
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