“Weather and out-of-date transportation infrastructure can also impact the rate of senior driving deaths in a given area, says Richard Murdocco, M.A., who has written extensively about land use, urban planning and development.
And in suburban areas lacking mass transportation options or pedestrian-friendly infrastructure, seniors often must drive to get around, which can also push up the rate of older adults involved in car accidents in those communities, he notes. Nationwide, suburban areas have struggled with aging populations – they’re trying to adapt an old infrastructure to the new normal of a graying population,” Murdocco says.
While public transportation and wide sidewalks help seniors get around New York City without a car, Murdocco notes that mass transit options are scarcer in suburbs like many found in Long Island, prompting high numbers of older adults to get behind the wheel.”
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“Nationwide, suburban areas have struggled with aging populations – they’re trying to adapt an old infrastructure to the new normal of a graying population,” Richard Murdocco, M.A., an expert on land use, urban planning and development, told Caring.com.
