Open AccessOlder people and city public transport : problems and barriers
Author(s) -
Ewa Raczyńska-Buława
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
autobusy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2450-7725
pISSN - 1509-5878
DOI - 10.24136/atest.2017.003
Subject(s) - older people , public transport , public health , elderly people , public life , social group , psychology , gerontology , business , demographic economics , social psychology , political science , medicine , economics , engineering , transport engineering , nursing , politics , law
An aging society requires a fresh look on the problem of older people mobility. It is not easy as they are not forming a heterogeneous group - differing in preferences, life styles or health status. It is also so far a most neglected and affected by discrimination social group. This should change as it is forecasted that in 20 years older people are likely to represent even 50% of all public transport passengers. The biggest challenge so far is related to the fact that older people against expectations are in majority car users.