Transport and Ageing of the Population [electronic resource].
Publishing, OECD.
ECMT StaffCorporate Author
Transport, European Conference of Ministers of.
 : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2000.
 Advances in medicine make the ageing of populations in developed countries inevitable. These populations, however, will exhibit new and different characteristics, particularly in the transport sector as, unlike previous generations, they will have made widespread use of the car. How will they meet their travel needs in the future? Until now rail transport, unlike car or bus transport, has been losing its elderly clientele. Can this trend be reversed? For the frail elderly, whose needs are similar to those of the disabled, suitable services have yet to be set up. How can the mobility needs of 
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 Advances in medicine make the ageing of populations in developed countries inevitable. These populations, however, will exhibit new and different characteristics, particularly in the transport sector as, unlike previous generations, they will have made widespread use of the car. How will they meet their travel needs in the future? Until now rail transport, unlike car or bus transport, has been losing its elderly clientele. Can this trend be reversed? For the frail elderly, whose needs are similar to those of the disabled, suitable services have yet to be set up. How can the mobility needs of 
ageing.
Older people -- Transportation -- Europe -- Congresses.
population.
transport.
Transportation -- Social aspects -- Europe -- Congresses.
Transportation and state -- Europe -- Congresses.
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