In Clear Terms with AARP California™

Age-Friendly Transportation

Episode Summary

Senior Strategic Policy Advisor with AARP PPI - Livable Communities, Jana Lynott, talks about age-friendly transportation options.

Episode Notes

On this episode of In Clear Terms with AARP California, host Dr. Thyonne Gordon speaks with Jana Lynott,  Senior Strategic Policy Advisor with AARP Public Policy Institute’s Livable Communities team. Jana is passionate about the roles community design and transportation service play in the lives of people of all ages, abilities, and incomes. Today, she joins Dr. Gordon to discuss age-friendly transportation options, and how AARP is making mobility a priority for older Californians and beyond. Our goal is to empower you with the facts and information that will help make California more livable for people of all ages. So join us for this insightful episode of In Clear Terms with AARP California. 

Resources:

-WATCH: Universal Mobility as a Service

-Communities Are Embracing Development Near Transit: A Snapshot of Transit-Oriented Development Support across the United States, September, 2017  www.aarp.org/TOD  

-Reconnecting Small Town America By Bus, May, 2014. www.aarp.org/ruraltransitwww.aarp.org/ruraltransit

-Lynott, J. and Figueiredo, C., “How the Travel Patterns of Older Adults Are Changing: Highlights from the 2009 National Household Travel Survey,” (Washington, DC, AARP Public Policy Institute, April 2011). 

-Policy and Design Considerations for Accommodating Low-Speed Vehicles and Golf Carts in Community Transportation Networks, September, 2011. 

-The Via RecreActiva: A Successful Open Streets Program, February 2015

More articles by Jana, HERE

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