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Mobility is generally associated with particular groups of urban residents, and describes their ability to travel from one place to another in an urban area. The task of increasing the accessibility of urban locations and facilities then has become largely one of increasing the mobility of urban residents. This chapter suggests that the benefits associated with transport programmes for the elderly and handicapped are largely a function of the travel impacts of the programmes. A variety of programmes at the federal, state and local levels of government currently provide transport assistance for elderly and handicapped persons in the US. Changes in mobility and in accessibility occur by definition when these transport programmes are implemented, but the value of these changes lies primarily in the accompanying changes in travel behaviour. In the evaluation of alternative transport programmes and policies, however, inadequate understanding of travel demand creates severe problems. |
