With few transit options, seniors at risk of being stuck at home, study says

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With few transit options, seniors at risk of being stuck at home, study says

By Denis Cuff
Contra Costa Times

Posted: 06/14/2011 02:45:00 PM PDT
Updated: 06/14/2011 05:50:12 PM PDT


Older Americans are at risk of being stuck in isolation at home as baby boomers continue to "age in place" in suburbs with limited public transit, according to a report issued Tuesday by a national transportation coalition.

More than 15.5 million people 65 or older will live in communities with poor or no public transit by 2015, Transportation for America estimated in its study, which ranked areas on their public transit access for seniors.

The Bay Area ranked highest in the nation for public transit, but even this region is not immune from mobility problems for seniors, according to the report titled "Aging in Place, Stuck Without Options."

An estimated 135,000 Bay Area seniors will live in places with little or no access to public transit by 2015, a 38 percent increase from 2000, the report said. .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.mercurynews.com/census/ci_18271960?nclick_check=1

[Vogon_Glory]

1. Being Stupid Has Consequences. After The Tea Party

Being stupid has consequences. After the TEA Party, many of the fools who voted for them will find fewer ways to get around and take care of themselves after they've voted for politicians who vote to cut or eliminate bus and mass transit programs. I wish I had more sympathy, but I have less every day.

[nxylas]

2. You can have sympathy for the ones who didn't vote Tea Party

Most Tea Partiers are seniors, but not all seniors are Tea Partiers.