Mode choice of older and disabled people: a case study of shopping trips in London

By Jan-Dirk Schmöcker, Mohammed A. Quddus, Robert B. Noland, Michael G. H. Bell. 2008

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This paper attempts to understand mode choice decisions among older and disabled people in London, with the objective of determining what policies can best meet their mobility and activity needs. A literature review is followed by a description of the data sets and modelling methods used in this analysis. Two assumptions are made on the marginal costs of car usage and it is shown that large investments (car, travelcards) are not amortized in the mode choice decisions made, but that marginal costs need to be appropriately specified. Age and disability interactions are shown to influence public transport use with those with disabilities preferring not to use public transport, although if healthy, older people will use buses and trams. The preference for taxis also increases with age when there is a disability. Public transport accessibility measures were also found to be associated with increased public transport use.

Subfields: Demography, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Transportation

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The mobility of older people - an introduction (2010, background): “An introduction Tim Schwanen 1 Antonio Páez 2 1 Transport Studies Unit School of Geography and the Environment University of Oxford South Parks Road Oxford, OX1 3QY, UK E-mail address: tim.schwanen@ouce.ox.ac.uk McMaster Institute for Transportation and Logistics School of Geography and Earth Scienc”
Elderly travel frequencies and transport mode choices in Greater Rotterdam, the Netherlands (2016, unknown): “With respect to gender, both Li et al. (2012) and Schmo¨cker et al. (2008) ﬁnd that elderly women make fewer trips than elderly men, and (if they do) rely less on car and more on bus travel.”
The impacts of limited transportation access on persons with disabilities' social participation (2017, background): “…who are better able to participate socially in their community have increased dependence on alternate forms of transportation, which may include ridesharing through their social network (Schmöcker et al., 2008), compared to individuals with disabilities with less community participation.”
Modelling the relationship between travel behaviours and social disadvantage (2016, background): “…included across several different dimensions of travel behaviour, such as trip generation (e.g. Huntsinger et al. 2013), destination choice (Scott and He, 2012), mode choice (e.g. Mercado et al, 2012; Schmöcker et al, 2008) and distance travelled (e.g. Morency et al, 2011; Mercado and Páez, 2009).”