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2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Rethinking Public Transport Services for the Elderly Through a Transgenerational Design Approach

Authors : Roberta Grimaldi, Antonio Opromolla, Giovanni Andrea Parente, Eliseo Sciarretta, Valentina Volpi

Published in: Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Healthy and Active Aging

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

In discussing the city suitability to people’s needs, generally a special attention has been given to people with special needs, e.g. the elderly. In this sense, most of the research about accessible cities has focused on the architectural design of public spaces, aiming at ensuring the access to urban places through the removal of architectural barriers. However, as technologies have been diffusing in many different city services, it also should be given attention to the constraints derived from this unavoidable change affecting the elderly life. The focus is on the potential of the technologies for improving the elderly city experience. In this paper the authors, starting from the principles of the transgenerational design, focus on how the technologies applied to the public transportation services could improve citizen experience and promote really inclusive mobility services.

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Metadata
Title
Rethinking Public Transport Services for the Elderly Through a Transgenerational Design Approach
Authors
Roberta Grimaldi
Antonio Opromolla
Giovanni Andrea Parente
Eliseo Sciarretta
Valentina Volpi
Copyright Year
2016
Book
Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Healthy and Active Aging

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-39948-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-39949-2

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39949-2_38