Many individuals aging with mobility disability lack access to adequate transportation, which can hinder their ability to fully participate in society. A new TechSAge article in Disability & Health Journal presents detailed insights on the challenges persons aging with mobility disability experience utilizing both public and private modes of transportation, from buses, to paratransit, to rideshare services like Uber. Data are presented along with recent U.S. federal policies and programs designed to enhance transportation access and mobility for older adults and people with disabilities. To identify policy gaps and opportunities to improve transportation services for this population, researchers explore how consumer-level challenges compare to agency-level barriers in delivering transportation services at the state and local levels. Read the full open access article by Remillard, Campbell, Koon, & Rogers. 

Renee Alnoubani is an undergraduate Civil Engineering student at Georgia Tech. She is a research assistant at the Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation and supports the TechSAge ACCESS study, which explores the everyday challenges of older adults with long-term disabilities. In this role, she is actively involved with screening, administering questionnaires, and interviewing for participants with vision loss due to macular degeneration or glaucoma. In her free time, she enjoys reading books, meeting people from different countries, being outside as much as possible, and watching the sunrise every morning.