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Over the past several decades, safe mobility
has emerged as an important public policy topic. A key area
of concern is safe mobility as it relates to older drivers.
This area has far reaching policy implications related to
public health, public safety, community development and personal
autonomy.
The Alan M. Voorhees
Transportation Center, in partnership with the New
Jersey Foundation for Aging, since December 2003 has convened
and facilitated a series of five policy forums on safe mobility
issues in New Jersey. The policy forums have explored issues
related to driver retesting and alternative modes of transportation
for those who cannot or choose not to drive. VTC and the Foundation
for Aging anticipate that the forum series will lay the foundation
for and culminate in recommendations for future policy and
legislative initiatives.
At the sixth and final forum, held
December 16, 2004, at
the Rutgers University Labor Education Center, the
findings and presentations of the earlier forums were discussed
and synthesized in a series of work groups. The summary procedings
and presentations from the forum series can be linked below:
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FORUM 1:
Safe mobility issues in New Jersey, New Jersey’s
mature driver and the Maryland Safe Mobility Research Consortium
December 10, 2003 Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and
Public Policy, New Brunswick
Summary
Proceedings
FORUM 1 Presentations:
The New Jersey
Context: Jon Carnegie, Voorhees Transportation Center
The Mature Driver
in New Jersey: Naomi Rotter, NJIT and Claire McKnight,
CUNY (also available as pdf)
The Maryland
Experience: Robert Raleigh, MD, Maryland Motor Vehicle
Administration and Loren Staplin, TransAnalytics
FORUM 2:
Functional Assessment and Health Screening
February 18, 2004 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Plainsboro
Summary
Proceedings
FORUM 2 Presentations:
Forum Overview:
Grace Egan, NJ Foundation for Aging
AOTA Older Driver
Initiative: Maureen Peterson, Florida chapter, American
Occupational Therapy Association
Identifiers
of High-Risk Drivers: An Occupational Therapy Perspective,
Wendy Stav, University of Florida
FORUM 3:
The Future of Vehicle and Roadway Safety and Design
April 29, 2004 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Plainsboro
Summary
Proceedings
FORUM 3 Presentations:
Forum Overview:
Jon Carnegie, Voorhees Transportation Center
A National Perspective:
Essie Wagner, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA)
Making Vehicles
Safer for Older Drivers: Michael Perel, NHTSA
FHWA Older Road
User Program and Roadway Design Guidelines: Karen Yunk,
Federal Highway Administration
New Jersey Safety
Initiatives: Patricia Ott, NJDOT
Lifelong Safe
Mobility: Pam Fischer: AAA New Jersey Automobile Club
NJ State Police
Enforcement: Lt. Paul Krupa, NJ State Police
FORUM 4:
Community Transportation Alternatives
June 30, 2004 Sheraton at Woodbridge Place, Iselin
Summary
Proceedings
FORUM 4 Presentations:
Forum Overview:
Jon Carnegie, Voorhees Transportation Center
Aging &
Mobility: Stranded Without a Choice: Linda Bailey, Surface
Transportation Policy Project (also available as pdf)
National Directions
in Community Transportation Alternatives: Jane Hardin,
Community Transportation Association of America
Flexible Bus
Routes: Steve Fittante, ATC (also available as pdf)
NJ TRANSIT Local
Community Transportation Programs: Bob Koska, NJ TRANSIT
(also available as pdf)
Forum 5:
Volunteers: We Couldn’t Do it Without Them
September 28, 2004 Rutgers University Inn and Conference Center,
New Brunswick
Summary Proceedings
FORUM 5 Presentations:
Volunteer Friends:
Innovations, Challenges, Adaptations: Helen Kerschner,
The Beverly Foundation
Surviving Without
Driving: Katherine Freund, ITNAmerica
Wheels of Wellness:
Timothy Puglia, Wheels
Hunterdon County
Volunteer Driving Program: Tara Braddish, HART
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