NEWS RELEASE
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
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Accessible Cities: People Aren't Disabled, Their City Is
What makes the City of Breda the recipient of the 2019 Access City Award? Emily Yates tracks her journey through Breda and identified what the city gets right with inclusive physical access. The subject was covered recently by The Guardian. Read the article here.
Research: Daily travel behaviour and emotional well-being - Effects of trip mode, duration, purpose, and companionship
Positive emotions have long-lasting benefits for human development. Understanding the connections between daily travel behaviour and emotional well-being will not only help transportation practitioners identify concrete strategies to improve user experiences of transportation services, but also help health practitioners to identify innovative solutions for improving public health. Read about it in Science Direct here.
Webinar: Improving Mobility for Older Adults
Wednesday, July 24, 10 a.m. PDT
Aging in place can simply be defined as staying in your home as you age; aging in place concerns include mobility, social activities, safety, accessibility, and long term supports and services in one’s neighborhood and society. In order to facilitate aging in place, organizations in Salt Lake County, Utah and the City of Portland, Oregon, provided home modifications to income-qualified older adults that intended to enable aging in place. Such modifications alter individuals’ life-space mobility – a concept recently used by gerontologists and that we introduced to planners – from within one’s home to the broader community. A unique methodological approach taken by researchers merged several existing data collection instruments with additional interview questions of residents who recently received home modifications. Read more and register here.
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