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Reports: Transportation

2024 Home and Community Preferences Survey: A National Survey of Adults Age 18-Plus
AARP, January 2025, 45 pp.
This survey focuses on the needs and wants of older adults with regard to housing, transportation, outdoor spaces, and social engagement and isolation. more info >

Weaving It Together: A Tapestry of Transportation Funding for Older Adults
National Aging and Disability Transportation Center, May 2023, 12 pp.
This report provides overviews of transportation issues and challenges being faced within the transportation industry, including
examples of how solutions are being implemented in communities across the United States. more info >

More Older Adults, More Complex Needs: 2023 Chartbook
National Association of Area Agencies of Aging, May 2023, 44 pp.
This report summarizes findings from the 2023 National Survey of Area Agencies on Aging, which presents trends and information on AAA staffing, services, new and innovative programs, and more. The accompanying 28 state reports highlight state-level data. more info >

Creating Walkable and Bikeable Communities
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, December 2016, 280 pp.
This document provides guidance for increasing walking, cycling, universal access, and sustainable urban design with a focus on the need for integrated planning. more info >

The Livability Economy: People, Places, and Prosperity
AARP, July 2015, 28 pp.
This report shows how livability initiatives contribute to improved economic performance and a more vibrant, desirable, and competitive environment for housing and commercial investment. The framework of the report focuses on design factors that feature four livability outcomes that benefit older adults and people of all ages, including compactness, integration of land uses, housing diversity, and transportation options. more info >

Web sites

AARP Livability Index
The AARP Livability Index scores neighborhoods and communities across the U.S. on indicators related to housing, environment, transportation, safety, health services, and more. more info >