Spotlight on Senior Mobility

In a series of nine articles that started in 2006, Public Roads magazine examined a number of issues affecting the mobility of senior motorists and pedestrians. This overview summarizes these articles. The first article described activities and programs that address the challenges created by the growing number of senior road users. Subsequent articles discussed modified infrastructure design, new guidelines for reducing crashes involving seniors, improved signage to help senior motorists, enhanced safety at intersections for older drivers and pedestrians, European road designs targeted to helping senior road users, supplemental transportation for seniors, new vehicle technologies that can aid older motorists, and intelligent transportation systems that are helping coordinate transportation for individuals in human services programs. These programs and technologies can enable seniors to age in place and to remain engaged in community life as active and contributing members.