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Key Facts and Quotations |
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Where & When
Date: Friday, May 21, 2010
Time: 8:00 am
Location: HNTB - Community Rm. |
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"Each day in America, 20,000 people turn 60. And each year, for at least the next 20 years, this trend will continue....even the financial burdens of personal vehicle ownership are moving us onto a path to "reengineer" how we age and move in our community" - 2009 Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership at University of Missouri at Kansas City The Greater Kansas City Framework for Senior Mobility
"...in 2008, 28 percent of home care aides were over age 55, compared with 18 percent of women in the overall workforce." - For a Graying Population, Care Increasingly Comes From a Graying Work Force N.Y. Times April 2010
"Unfortunately, the United States is currently ill prepared to provide adequate transportation choices for our rapidly aging population. Alternatives to driving are sparse, particularly in some regions and in rural and small town communities. As the number of older people increases, so too will their mobility needs. How the nation addresses this issue will have significant social and economic ramifications." - Surface Transportation Policy Partnership in coordination with AARP and American Public Transportation Association April 2004
"More than 50% of non-drivers age 65 and older - or 3.6 million Americans - stay home on any given day in part because they lack transpsortation options"
- Aging Americans: Stranded without Options (2004) by Linda Bailey
3.2 million "baby boomers" will reach age 62 this year (365 per hour). How will they stay indendent through public transit? |
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