Changing Mobility Pattern and the Aging Population in Sweden
Författare
Summary, in English
A number of Investigations of travel habits and patterns of activity of the elderly have been carried out In Sweden during the 1980s. The results from a study made by the Department of Traffic Planning and Engineering at the Lund Institute of
Technology are presented. The purpose of this study was to determine (a) older people's access to various means of transportation, (b) travel habits of older people and their difficulties. In using various means of transportation, and (c) the extent to
which these factors lnftuence the social situation of older people compared with various background variables such as age and physical Incapacity.
Technology are presented. The purpose of this study was to determine (a) older people's access to various means of transportation, (b) travel habits of older people and their difficulties. In using various means of transportation, and (c) the extent to
which these factors lnftuence the social situation of older people compared with various background variables such as age and physical Incapacity.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
1987
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
37-41
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Transportation Research Record
Volym
1135
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, USA
Ämne
- Infrastructure Engineering
- Transport Systems and Logistics
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0361-1981