Transport needs in an ageing society (TRACY) is a two year research project funded under the EU FP7 programme. The project has three main aims: * To provide a systematic review of policies and programmes that address the mobility related needs of older people in the 27 EU states, associated countries and in Japan, Australia, New Zealand and the USA (WP2, D2.2). * To analyse the extent to which this ‘state of the art’ is fit for purpose in addressing transport needs in an ageing society (WP3, D3.2). * To identify research gaps and contribute towards a strategy capable of tackling these needs (WP4, D4.1). This report forms the second and last deliverable of Work Package (WP) 3, and contains six main chapters. Following this brief introduction, an overview of the mobility needs of older people is presented and used to define 13 properties and characteristics of the transport system that are necessary to meet the needs of older people (Chapter 2). This is followed by Chapter 3, which contains a summary of the perceptions of government interviewees on the issue of older people and mobility. Chapter 4 presents an analysis of the policies that were identified in WP2 within the framework of the properties and characteristics identified in Chapter 2. The findings from this, and subsequent implications are discussed in more detail in Chapter 5 before a short conclusion brings the main body of the report to a close. WP3 is followed by WP4 which will turn the main findings from WP2 and WP3 into recommendations and an action plan aimed at national governments. It will also provide suggestions and recommendations for further research. This sub-section provides an overview of the method used for the TRACY project. It first describes the method used during the data collection (as presented in WP2 D2-2) before summarising the method used to undertake the analysis presented in chapters 2, 3 and 4. The TRACY project has a complex structure, with many linkages between the workpackages and the chapters within them. This is presented in Figure 1 -1 , which shows the flows between the work-packages, and how the data collection that was undertaken during WP2 is linked to the analysis undertaken within WP3. Ultimately all of the work from WP2 and WP3 flows into the action plan produced during WP4. (Author/publisher)
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