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Older adults’ perspectives on public transportation-related ICT are explored across three scenarios: video surveillance (CCTV), real-time travel information (RTI), and a personal, pedestrian navigation system (NAV) with public transportation information. Swedish respondents’ perceptions indicate positive effects on one’s sense of assurance across the scenarios, particularly in situations perceived as more vulnerable, such as using the subway and traveling alone or in an unfamiliar setting. Of the three scenarios, CCTV elicits the most favorable responses, although this does not directly translate to perceived personal benefit, where RTI is rated the highest. NAV is ranked relatively lower for effects on assurance, although this pattern is broken for car and walking modes where the navigation function may be prioritized. Thus, personal control over aspects of the trip better explains responses than does personal control over ICT use, as ICT can serve to reduce (perceived) uncertainties, improving one’s sense of assurance. Significant differences are found for gender, but not for further age stratification. Overall, female respondents feel relatively less assured when traveling and rate the technological applications’ effects on their assurance more highly than men. Although men express a greater personal interest in technology, it appears that there is more potential for women to positively benefit in terms of greater perceived assurance. This calls into question the possibilities of effectively addressing user needs or concerns, especially via technologies intended for individual use, if those who potentially serve to gain more by them are not being reached or are not as interested in such “solutions”.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANB60 Safe Mobility of Older Persons. Reassuring Effects of Information and Communications Technology in Public Transportation: Perspectives of Older Adults: This is an alternate title.

01503729

14-4523

English

18p

2014

Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting

Digital/other

References; Tables

Aged; Attitudes; Gender; Mobility; Navigation systems; Public transit; Real time information; Surveillance; Traveler information and communication systems

Information and communications technology

Data and Information Technology; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2014 Paper #14-4523

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 27 2014 3:34PM