Description
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) Nationwide, the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community is projected to constitute 11 percent of people 65 years and older in the United States by 2050 (He et al., 2005). The challenges limiting the transportation and mobility of AAPI older adults include, but are not limited to, language barriers, cultural barriers, anti-Asian hate, accessibility to public transit, traffic safety and public security concerns, and changes to mobility due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This project conducted an extensive literature review and a preliminary multi-language survey in Southern California to better understand mobility-related challenges for Asian American and Pacific Islander older adults. The results of this project can provide government agencies and organizations with recommendations for policy and program changes to benefit AAPI older adults and the broader communities.
Publication Date
1-2025
Publication Type
Report
Topic
Planning and Policy, Transit and Passenger Rail
Digital Object Identifier
10.31979/mti.2024.2310
MTI Project
2310
Mineta Transportation Institute URL
https://transweb.sjsu.edu/research/2310-Mobility-Transportation-Equity-Public-Transit
Keywords
Transportation equity, Public transit, Traffic safety, Transportation policy, Mobility
Disciplines
Social Policy | Transportation
Recommended Citation
Yongping Zhang, Priscila Salgado Inzunza, Carol Kachadoorian, Wen Cheng, and Calvin Wong. "Understanding Mobility-Related Challenges for AAPI Older Adults: A Preliminary Study in Southern California" Mineta Transportation Institute (2025). https://doi.org/10.31979/mti.2024.2310