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Designing Transportation Systems for Older Adults
Contributor(s): Baldwin, Carryl L. (Author), Lewis, Bridget A. (Author), Greenwood, Pamela M. (Author)
ISBN: 0367255405     ISBN-13: 9780367255404
Publisher: CRC Press
OUR PRICE:   $152.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: June 2019
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | Civil - Transportation
- Technology & Engineering | Industrial Health & Safety
- Social Science | Gerontology
Dewey: 305.26
LCCN: 2019006049
Physical Information: 170 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

This book provides comprehensive information needed to assist with all aspects of designing, delivering, or evaluating transportation systems for use by older adults. It presents the necessary background on aging and human factors issues as well as practical guidelines needed to accommodate older adult transport users.

eBook includes some color figures.

Features

  • Presents clear design guidance aimed at improving usability among older adults, a too often neglected but fast-growing segment of the transportation system population
  • Includes comprehensive coverage of transportation systems, including the notably important issue of older drivers, but also additional transportation forms including public transportation via bus and subway, air transport, rail, bicycle, and even pedestrians
  • Offers numerous examples throughout of best practices based on both the scientific literature and the content expertise of the authors
  • Discusses practical implications of incorporating the recommended design principles for both older adults and other transport system users
  • Provides useful background about normal age-related changes in sensory, cognitive, and physical abilities that impact older adults and how they interact with transportation systems