Abstract
This report will be of interest to practitioners and policymakers in agencies and organizations that plan, provide, administer, and fund public transit that may serve older persons. The research presents information for public transportation providers and planners to address future transportation challenges generated by an increasingly older society. It describes exemplary transportation services and innovative transportation alternatives that will enable older persons in the United States to maintain the independence they want. This first volume of the two-volume report is a handbook that describes, in very brief terms, how to improve public transit services to make them more attractive to older persons. (Author/publisher)