Impacts of Aging Travelers on Airports

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

doi:10.17226/22417

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Impacts of Aging Travelers on Airports

(2014)

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TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Synthesis 51: Impacts of Aging Travelers on Airports describes the challenges of wayfinding, fatigue, technology and equipment, and needed amenities, as well as the practices that airports are enacting to accommodate and improve the airport experience of aging travelers. The report is designed to help users better understand the aging demographic, and define issues and implement effective practices to accommodate aging travelers at airports.

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Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Transportation Research Board; Airport Cooperative Research Program; Airport Cooperative Research Program Synthesis Program; Synthesis Program; Philip Mein; Andrew Kirchhoff; Patrick Fangen

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2014. Impacts of Aging Travelers on Airports. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/22417.

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36 pages | 8.5 x 11 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/22417

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-vii
Summary	1-2
Chapter One - Report Methodology	3-3
Chapter Two - The Aging Traveler	4-5
Chapter Three - From Home or Office to the Airport Terminal	6-8
Chapter Four - From the Terminal Entrance Through the Security Checkpoint	9-11
Chapter Five - From the Security Checkpoint to the Gate and from Gate to Gate	12-16
Chapter Six - From the Arrival Gate to the Terminal Exit	17-19
Chapter Seven - From the Terminal Exit to Leaving the Airport	20-20
Chapter Eight - Conclusions	21-22
References	23-23
Appendix A - Survey Questionnaire	24-24
Appendix B - Airports Responding to Survey Questionnaires	25-25
Appendix C - Airports Where Staff Were Interviewed	26-26

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