The first policy forum in the Safe Mobility at Any Age series was held on December 10th, 2003 at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Speakers at the first of the six forum series, which is cosponsored by the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center and the New Jersey Foundation for Aging, explored issues related to safe mobility issues in New Jersey, facts and myths regarding New Jersey’s mature drivers and the State of Maryland’s safe mobility research consortium. The topic of safe mobility is timely and has far reaching policy implications related to public health, public safety, community development and personal autonomy across all age groups. Because this is a complicated many-sided issue, we have planned six forums in the series over one year so that each forum, while continuing to maintain the broad context of the topic, will focus and target attention on different aspects of the question. Each forum will bring together policy and regulatory experts from inside and outside of New Jersey to aid the discussions. We anticipate that the forum series will lay the foundation for and culminate in recommendations for future policy and legislative initiatives. The policy forum series will enable attendees to explore “safe mobility” issues in the New Jersey context and consider a variety of topics including: what events and circumstances should trigger driver’s license retesting; what role health care and community professionals should play as “gatekeepers” related to an individual’s fitness to drive; what resources are available to family members; and what community supports need to be in place to ensure safe mobility at any age. (Author/publisher)
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