The document discusses research from the GOAL project about transport needs for an aging society. It profiles older adults into 5 clusters based on activity level and health: Fit as a Fiddle, Happily Connected, Hole in the Heart, An Oldie but a Goodie, and The Care-Full. The profiles show differences in mobility characteristics like trips taken, transportation used, and satisfaction with transportation options. The profiles are used to examine issues with driving, public transit, walking and cycling, and traveler information as people age. Recommendations are provided for policies around auto driving, public transit accessibility and availability, pedestrian and cyclist infrastructure and safety, and making travel information more elderly-friendly.

1. GOAL
Growing Older, stAying mobiLe: Transport needs for an aging society
Teije Gorris & Marika Hoedemaeker
26 februari 2013
Den Haag The research leading to these results has received fun-
ding from the European Community's Seventh Frame-
work Programme (FP7- TPT-2011-RTD-1) under grant
agreement n° 284924.
This publication solely reflects the author’s views. The
European Community is not liable for any use that may
be made of the information contained herein.
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2. Content
• GOAL
• Profielen van ouderen
• Resultaten
• Consequenties voor beleid
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3. GOAL: Towards an action plan
Action plan
innovative solutions
Older people
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4. Profiles – Overview (1)
high
Fit as a Fiddle
ACTIVITY LEVEL / HEALTH
Happily An Oldie but a
Connected Goodie
Hole in the Heart
the
Care-Full
low
50 AGE 100
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5. Profiles – Overview (2)
• 5 Clusters
5
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6. Mobiliteitskenmerken per profiel
Verplaat- Vervoers- Waardering
singen wijzekeuze Verplaatsings
mogelijkheden
Fit as a Veel Auto, fiets Hoogst
fiddle
Happily Boven Auto, lopen Hoog
Connected Gemiddeld veel
Hole in the Beneden Auto, fiets Gemiddeld
heart Gemiddeld
An Oldie but Gemiddeld Lopen, OV Gemiddeld
a Goodie
The Laag Speciaal OV Laagst
Care-Full
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7. How we use the profiles in GOAL
• Transport needs and research gaps with regard to
-Driving
-Public transport, walking, cycling
-Traveller information
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8. Driving
• Declination in perceptual, cognitive, and psychomotor function affects
driving skills
-Motion perception: assessment of traffic situation
-Peripheral vision: overlooking, merging and changing lanes
-Selective attention: traffic signs and signals
-Reaction times in traffic situation
• Adaptation
-Experience and expectancy
• Traffic safety
-More likely to hurt themselves than to put others at risk
-Critical factor: average KMs travelled each year
• Implications for infrastructure, vehicle & fitness to drive
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9. Public transport
• Accessibility
-vehicles
-Busstops
• Availabitlity
-close to home and destinations
-rural areas
-demand responsive
• Implications
-Directives, guidelines, best practice available
-Implication and details > economic justification of measures
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10. Walking & cycling
• Walking & cycling
-Important to stay healthy, mobile, independent and active
-Walking as access mode
-Physical restricts and cognitive declines increase the risk of accidents and
severe injuries (cycling)
-Higher vulnerability
-Friendly environments and infrastructure
• Implications
-Design of infrastructure
-Promotion, encouragement,
training (e-bicycles)
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11. Traveller information
• Cognitive, visual, hearing and other physical impairments
• Insecurity, inexperienced, percieved unsafety
• Elderly-friendly travel information
-Type of information
-Pre-trip / on-trip
-Functionality & user interface design
• Implications
-Little research available
-Technology adoption
-Workload (esp in-vehicle)
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12. Wat betekent dit voor beleid?
• Auto rijden
-Operationeel rijgedrag > verkeersstroom, capaciteit
-Fitness to drive > infrastructuur, rijbewijsbeleid
• Lopen en fietsen
-Ongevalskans > maatschappelijke kosten
• Openbaar vervoer
-Toegankelijkheid > aanbod
-Toegankelijkheid > infrastructuur & materieel
• Reis- en verkeersinformatie
-Cognitief vermogen > dynamisch verkeersmanagement
• Segmentering basis voor beleid
-effectiviteit van maatregelen
-Basis voor kosten-baten analyse
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13. Bedankt voor jullie aandacht!
GOAL project website: www.goal-project.eu
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