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Policymakers should ensure that personal delivery devices are deployed in a manner that supports pedestrian safety and accessibility, including for older adults and people with disabilities.
Congress should provide financial incentives for design modifications that improve the travel environment for older adults.
Traffic enforcement practices should be administered equitably, regardless of demographic or socioeconomic factors.
Transportation is a vital link that connects people to their communities. Older adults need a variety of convenient and safe transportation options.
People of all ages, ability levels, and incomes need a variety of safe, affordable, and convenient transportation options in their communities.
Transportation planning is the collaborative process of determining how to move people and goods.
Many people, including older adults, live in communities where driving is required. Residential housing is located far from grocery stores, medical offices, and other community features.
Older adults are more likely than younger people to die in crashes of the same severity because of their increased frailty.
Today’s cars are incorporating increasing levels of automation to enable a car’s computer—rather than the human driver—to accomplish key driving tasks.
All people need access to a variety of travel options. These options should be safe, affordable, dependable, and user friendly. For some people, public transportation services are ideal.