Due to the Age Wave, we have experienced a fast growth of the number of senior citizens in the past few decades. This situation has also been compounded by the existence of a large number of individuals with disabilities and individuals with low income. The transportation-disadvantaged population is bound to increase in the U.S., China, and around the world. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated that in 2010, there were about 40 million Americans aged 65 years and over and about 46 million Americans in poverty.\u00a0The transportation-disadvantaged population typically cannot drive or do not have access to private automobiles and also have different degrees of difficulty when using public transportation. However, travel is essential to maintain these people\u2019s living independence. Therefore, the transportation-disadvantaged population require more human service transportation or specialized transportation, which include a broad range of transportation service options such as dial-a-ride paratransit, the use of bus tokens and\/or transit passes for fixed-route scheduled services, access to taxi vouchers and\/or mileage reimbursement for volunteers or program participants, and many others. This particular population also need an integrated set of public policies and planning measures to accommodate their special mobility requirements.\u00a0This Special Issue will include a collection of high-quality papers on specific and comparative research on policies, laws and regulations, planning, management, operations, and financing associated with sustainable transportation planning and policy for seniors, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with low income. In addition, papers examining financing mechanisms, social security, senior-friendly neighborhood and community planning, and impacts of the recent coronavirus epidemic on senior transportation and well-being,\u00a0 as well as sustainable transportation planning and policy in general will be particularly welcomed.
\nKeywords: Transportation-disadvantaged population; Specialized and human service transportation; Senior transportation planning and policy; Coronavirus impacts; Financing and social security; Sustainable transportation planning and policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","format":"standard","topic":[436,576,598,453,459,650,90,640,589,534,641,596,606,497,498,594,284,685,683,516,168],"country":[55],"nsj_language":[57],"class_list":["post-1561","call_for_papers","type-call_for_papers","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","topic-city","topic-data-management","topic-decision-support-systems","topic-environmental-sustainability","topic-green-mobility","topic-green-policies","topic-health-wellness","topic-health-emergency","topic-management-engineering","topic-mobility","topic-project-management","topic-risk-management","topic-safety-and-security","topic-service-innovation","topic-services","topic-sustainable-cities","topic-sustainable-development","topic-transport-infrastructures","topic-transports","topic-urban-planning","topic-urban-studies-planning","country-switzerland","nsj_language-english"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n