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Study on the mobility needs of elderly people for the European Metropolitan Transport Authorities

Study on the mobility needs of elderly people for the European Metropolitan Transport Authorities. Meeting with the EMTA working group on accessibility Manchester 1 March 2006. Siegfried Rupprecht, Matthias Fiedler. Clients & Partners. Clients & Partners. European Commission

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Study on the mobility needs of elderly people for the European Metropolitan Transport Authorities

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  1. Study on the mobility needs of elderly people for the European Metropolitan Transport Authorities Meeting with the EMTA working group on accessibility Manchester 1 March 2006 Siegfried Rupprecht, Matthias Fiedler

  2. Clients & Partners

  3. Clients & Partners • European Commission • DGs Energy & Transport, Information Society, Environment, Employment & Social Affairs, Research • Cities and Regions, Transport Companiesall over Europe • European associations & networks • e.g. POLIS, UITP, CEMR, ACCESS (formerly Car Free Cities) • Telecommunication & Software Companies • International Organisations (e.g. UNU, UNESCO) • Academic and Research Institutions

  4. Themes & Services Themes • Mobility & Transport • Urban Transport • Public Transport & intermodal Transport • Traffic Information Systems • Environment & sustainability • Urban & regional planning • Societal innovation Services • Capacity building for practioners in technical and policy areas • Scientific evaluation and assessment of project impacts • Proposal preparation and project management • Strategy development and policy advice • ‘Best practice’ market studies and mainstreaming of know-how • Dissemination of research results • Independent project monitoring

  5. Visions for the future of Public Transport • Mainstreaming of innovative transport concepts Mobility &Transport • Business models for Intelligent Transport Systems (eEurope) • Radical, integrated transport strategies in major European cities • Transport strategies to combat social exclusion

  6. Environmental orientated traffic management strategies(Roma, Paris, Berlin, Praha, Rotterdam, Leicester) • Guidelines for Sustainable Urban Transport Plans (SUTP) • Monitoring of the LIFE environment programme in Germany & Austria • Intermediate Evaluation of the northwestern Europe INTERREG IIIB-programme Environment & sustainable development

  7. Objectives • Determine the challenges of the ageing population for Public Transport autorities regarding • Accessibility (physical & mental) • Travel Information Systems • Dedicated Services • Fare and ticketing schemes • Car-orientated lifestyles & ageing of suburbia • Individual needs & expectations • Identify and present ‘best practice‘ examples • Develop recommendations

  8. Methodology • Desk research & project work space • Questionnaire campaign in 10 European cities • Case studies in 4 of these cities • Further information from experts with an overall-perspective • Validation work shop • Final report

  9. Project work space • Sharing and exchange of info • Transparency • Open for EMTA (and selected others) • Allows for active participation and info provision

  10. Questionnaire campaign and case studies • Questionnaire campaign • 10 European Cities (mostly non-EMTA cities) • Distribution via e-mail, briefing by telephone • Mix of open and closed questions • Carried out between March and April • Recipients to be selected with working group and EMTA • Case studies in 4 of these cities • Telephone Interviews • Adressing different stakeholders from user and provider (or planner) perspective

  11. Expert interviews and validation work shop • Expert interviews • Experts with an international or over-regional perspective • Different backgrounds: User and Transport associations, universities and consultancies • 5 interviews to be held between June and July • Validation work shop • Professional moderation • Validation of interim results & draft recommendations • July 2006 • To be discussed with working group

  12. Work- and time plan

  13. Work- and time plan (2) • Progress in 3 project stages • interim reporting (June/July) • Validation work shop (end of June) • Delivery of the draft final report (30 September 2006) • Delivery of the final report (31 December 2006) • Presentation of results to the working group (Spring 2007)

  14. Open issues • ‘hot issues’ in elderly peoples’ mobility from the point of view of the working group • Potential cities & interview partners • Methodology • Organise input from EMTA • Validation work shop

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