2006.03.01
- Presentation
on the "Overall Travel Patterns of Older Americans" by
Jeffery Memmot of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the
U.S. Department of Transportation
2006.02.28
- TRB Conference Session presentations from the session entitled
"Methodological Advances in Studying On-Road Driving Performance
and Habits in Older Drivers"
2006.02.15
- TRB Human Factors Workshop presentations
from Workshop #138 "Community Mobility and Supportive Transportation:
Special Considerations for Dementia and Other Functional Impairments
among Older Drivers"
2005.01.13
- Click here for powerpoint
presentations and bios of speakers from the Listening Session of
the White House Conference on Aging Policy Committee (theme: Transportation).
This Listening Session was held on January 8, 2004 and was sponsored
by the Transportation Research Board's Committee on the Safe Mobility
of Older Persons.
2005.01.04
- Transportation Listening Sessions for the Policy Committee of
the White House Conference on Aging
Three listening sessions are planned as listed below.
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Saturday,
January 8, 2005, Washington, DC. This Listening Session is
sponsored by the Committee on the Safe Mobility of Older Persons
(ANB60) of the Transportation Research Board. Click here
for the agenda and information on time and place. There is
no registration required and attendance is free of charge.
Thursday, April 14, 2005, Boston, MA. This Listening Session
is sponsored by AARP, the U.S. Department of Transportation,
and the MIT AgeLab. For conference details, click here.
Thursday, March 10, 2005, Philadelphia, PA. This Listening
Session is sponsored by the American Society on Aging and
the National Council on Aging and will be held at their joint
annual meeting. Click here
for the agenda and information on time and place. Although
there is a registration fee associated with attending the
overall conference, those desiring to attend this session
will not have to be registered. |
2004.08
- Report from U.S. GAO Office on "Transportation Disadvantaged
Seniors: Efforts to Enhance Senior Mobilty could Benefit from Additional
Guidance and Information" is available by clicking here.
2004.06.21
- Older Driver
News from the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
2004.04.07
- Announcing the Third International Conference on Traffic and Transport
Psychology, to be held at Albert Hall, Nottingham, UK, September
5-9, 2004. For program information and to register, click here.
2004.04.01
- Announcement of Report Release from the National Research Council,
The National Academies:
The report on the January 2003 Workshop on Technology for Adaptive
Aging is now available. It is entitled "Technology for Adaptive
Aging". Chapter 10 is on Personal Vehicle Transportation. Click
here to order
the report.
2004.02.11
- Powerpoint presentation delivered by Dr. Sheila West on "What
is Screening?", presented in the Conference Session at
TRB 2004 entitled "Screening at Licensure: Can This Enhance
Older Driver Safety?"
2004.02.09
- Minutes of Simulator
Users and Older Drivers Interest Group Meeting January 2004
2004.01.22
- Announcing a new web-based clearinghouse for information on Senior
Transportation at http://www.seniordrivers.com.
This web site is a partnership initiative of the Beverly
Foundation and the AAA Foundation
for Traffic Safety.
2004.01.22
- Call for abstracts for North American Conference on Elderly Mobility:
Best Practices from Around the World. Click here
for detailed information.
2004.01.22 - Call for abstracts, annual Geronological Society of
America meeting, in Washington, DC November 19-23, 2004. Abstract
submission deadline: March 14, 2004. For more information, click
here. Also, GSA has a Transportation
Interest Group. For more information, contact David Eby at eby@umich.edu.
2004.01.22
- Call for Abstracts
and Conference Brochure
for Conference on Research Issues in Women's Transportation to be
held November 18-20, 2004 in Chicago.
2004.01.21 - Human Factors Workshop Sponsored
by the Committee 1/11/04 - New PowerPoints Now Available
2004.01.21
- The U.S. Department of Transportation has released a report entitled
"Safe Mobility for a Maturing Society: Challenges and Opportunities".
Click here to download a copy.
2003.08 - The American Medical Association has released their new
older driver safety guide for physicians. Click here
to download a copy. |