Travel and Zero-Vehicle Households Among Older Americans Exploring the Characteristics of Zero-Vehicle Households Among Older Americans and Their Travel Implications

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Join the conversation on how we can build more inclusive and equitable transport systems for older adults.
#InclusiveMobility #UrbanPlanning #ZeroVehicleHouseholds

This is a must-attend session for anyone working in:

Urban planning

Transport policy

Ageing & gerontology

Social equity

Community design

Dr. Li argues for targeted policy solutions:
🚍 Expand transport services to rural, suburban, and small towns
🏘️ Rethink land use & neighbourhood design to support ageing in place
🚶‍♂️ Promote mobility as a pillar of social inclusion

His findings reveal deep inequalities in mobility and access—shaped by geography, income, and infrastructure.
More than 1/3 of older zero-vehicle individuals are rural unemployed nondrivers, often isolated from essential services.
#TransportInequality #AgeFriendly

Dr. Li, Assistant Professor at NU Singapore, draws on the 2017 National Household Travel Survey to identify 4 distinct zero-vehicle older adult profiles:
🧑‍🌾 Rural unemployed nondrivers
🏙️ Urban commuters
💰 Nonrural low-income nondrivers
🚌 Nonurban moderate transit users

Hosted by the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG) in collaboration with the Urban Institute, this seminar explores the complex realities of older adults navigating life without a car—especially in low-density, underserved areas.
#MobilityJustice #MUARG

🚨 First Conversation of 25/26🚨
Join us Tuesday, Sept 9 (2–3PM GMT+1) at the University of Manchester for:
“Travel and Zero-Vehicle Households Among Older Americans”
with Dr. Shengxiao (Alex) Li
📍G30/31 Arthur Lewis Building

#AgeFriendly #CoProduction #UrbanAgeing #MUARG #SocialJustice #ParticipatoryResearch #LaterLife #AgeingWell #Leverhulme #UoM

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Thanks to Dr Jane Murphy & Dr Lee-Ann Fenge for hosting such a thoughtful and inspiring event at @bournemouthuni.bsky.social

Co-production means working with older people, not just for them—ensuring their voices shape the policies and environments that affect their lives.

These projects aren’t just about collecting data.
They’re about:

✅ Redistributing power
✅ Strengthening communities
✅ Advancing social justice in later life

From Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) to the Village model, their work highlights how older adults can be active co-researchers in shaping age-friendly cities.

🌆 Co-Production in Action: Inclusive Urban Ageing
At Bournemouth University’s ‘Ageing Well’ symposium, Professors Chris Phillipson & @tinebuffel.bsky.social shared insights from MUARG on how co-production is reshaping urban ageing research. 🧵

#UrbanAgeing #SpatialJustice #AgeFriendlyCities #EquityInAging #Gerontology #InclusiveCities #CoProduction #UrbanPolicy #Leverhulme #UoM #Sociology

The call to action? A more radical, justice-oriented agenda for ageing in cities—one that challenges the status quo and empowers diverse older populations to shape fairer urban futures.

Examples from grassroots collaborations showed how older adults and urban stakeholders are already working together to build more just, inclusive cities.

This isn’t just about better infrastructure. It’s about redistributing power, amplifying excluded voices, and co-creating solutions with older people—not just for them.

Three key principles were proposed to guide this shift:
1️⃣ Equity
2️⃣ Diversity
3️⃣ Co-production
These are essential to rethinking how cities distribute resources, risks, and opportunities.

We argued that age-friendly strategies must be re-examined through the lens of spatial justice—to understand how inequalities shape who gets to age well in urban spaces.

Drawing on the WHO’s Global Age-friendly Cities initiative, the talk acknowledged progress in creating inclusive environments for older adults—but also asked: Who is being left behind?

🌆 Reimagining Age-Friendly Cities: Urban Ageing and Spatial Justice
At a recent talk at Simon Fraser University, Prof. Tine Buffel explored how cities can better support ageing populations in an era of rapid urbanisation. 🧵

This symposium redefines older adults not as subjects of research—but as partners in shaping it.

Discussant: Prof. @tinebuffel.bsky.social, expert in participatory ageing research.

Don’t miss this vital conversation at #BSG2025.

#AgeingVoices #PAARnet #Leverhulme #UoM #Sociology

🏘️ In Finland, collaborative senior housing models show how older residents build community through co-design tools like mapping.

🌏 In Aotearoa New Zealand, older Māori co-create wellbeing indicators rooted in their worldviews.

#CommunityBuilding

📚 The first presentation explores why older adults—especially from marginalised groups—are often excluded from research, and what makes participatory methods truly inclusive.

A scoping review reveals key principles & barriers.

#InclusiveResearch #SocialJustice

🧓🏽🤝 How can older adults co-create the research that shapes their lives?

Join us at #BSG2025 for a symposium from the new COST Action PAAR-net, spotlighting participatory approaches with older adults across Europe and beyond.

#CoCreation #ParticipatoryResearch #Ageing

From Manchester to the Alps, this symposium reveals how place matters in later life—and why inclusive, well-supported neighbourhoods are essential.

Chair: Prof. Christopher Phillipson

Join us at #BSG2025 for this vital conversation.

#SpatialJustice #AgeingPolicy #Leverhulme #UoM #Sociology

📍 Stefan White & colleagues evaluate the Ageing in Place Pathfinder Project across 10 GM neighbourhoods—spotlighting resident-led partnerships for ageing well.

Marion Repetti et al. contrast this with life in Swiss Alpine villages, revealing hidden poverty & weak social infrastructure.

Niamh Kavanagh follows with a case study from Hulme, exploring tensions in creating a Naturally Occurring Retirement Community.

#CommunityCare