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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS ON THE WEB 2 Safe Mobility for Older Americans Report of the Committee for the Conference on Transportation in an Aging Society Sponsored by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Federal Highway Administration Federal Transit Administration Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health National Center for Injury Prevention and Control of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Eno Transportation Foundation AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety Beverly Foundation Transportation Research Board Transportation Research Board Washington, D.C. 2005 www.TRB.org
Conference Proceedings on the Web 2 NOTICE: The conference that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competencies and with regard for appropriate balance. This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to the procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The conference was sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; the Federal Highway Administration; the Federal Transit Administration; the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation; the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health; the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the Eno Transportation Foundation; the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety; the Beverly Foundation; and the Transportation Research Board. Transportation Research Board publications are available by ordering individual publications directly from the TRB Business Office, through the Internet at www.TRB.org or national-academies.org/trb, or by annual subscription through organizational or individual affiliation with TRB. Affiliates and library subscribers are eligible for substantial discounts. For further information, contact the Transportation Research Board Business Office, 500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 (telephone 202-334-3213; fax 202-334-2519; or e-mail TRBsales@nas.edu). Committee for the Conference on Transportation in an Aging Society Richard A. Marottoli, VA Connecticut, West Haven, and Yale University, New Haven, Chair Karlene K. Ball, University of Alabama, Birmingham Christopher G. B. Mitchell, Transport Research Laboratory, United Kingdom (retired) Anne Long Morris, Elder Care Consulting Robert Raleigh, Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration, Glen Burnie Peter F. Rusch, Federal Highway Administration, Madison, Wisconsin Jane C. Stutts, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Martin Wachs, University of California, Berkeley Patricia F. Waller, Consultant, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (deceased) Transportation Research Board Staff Mark Norman, Director, Technical Activities Division Richard F. Pain, Senior Program Officer, Safety Stephen R. Godwin, Director, Studies and Information Services Publications Office Norman Solomon, Senior Editor Jennifer J. Weeks, Editorial Services Specialist Jennifer Correro, Proofreader Carol Levie, Grammarians, Layout
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