How might communities craft a future where transportation innovatively supports successful aging in place for its older adults. Where the tenets of active aging and Age-Friendly Communities are fully deployed through partnerships between government, civil, and business systems.

🌐 Challenge Statement: In the dynamic landscape of urban and rural living, the imperative is to ideate and implement groundbreaking solutions that address the unique mobility needs of an aging population. The challenge revolves around fostering innovation in transportation to enhance the well-being and independence of older adults aging in place.

🌍 Challenge Areas:

Tailoring Solutions for Diverse Environments:
Challenge: Design transportation solutions that can seamlessly adapt to the distinctive challenges of both rural areas with sparse populations and limited infrastructure, and urban environments grappling with high traffic patterns and complex systems.
Objective: Develop versatile and scalable transportation innovations that cater to the specific needs of varied landscapes, promoting inclusivity and accessibility.

Affordability, Accessibility, and Technology Integration:
Challenge: Tackle the complexities of affordability, accessibility, and technology integration in transportation solutions for the aging population.
Objective: Devise cost-effective, user-friendly, and technologically advanced transportation options that prioritize the diverse financial capacities and technological literacy of older adults.

Community-Driven Innovation:
Challenge: Empower communities to take an active role in shaping transportation solutions that resonate with the needs and preferences of older adults.
Objective: Foster initiatives like Michigan’s age-friendly Ride@50+ program, encouraging community-driven, door-to-door ridesharing models that prioritize flexibility and personalized assistance.

Collaborative Ecosystem Building:
Challenge: Unite municipalities, urban planners, and communities to create a collaborative ecosystem that redefines transportation for successful aging in place.
Objective: Develop a framework for collaboration that involves stakeholders from different sectors to contribute ideas, resources, and expertise, creating a unified vision for the future of age-friendly transportation.

Innovation for Transportation Equity:
Challenge: Address the disparities in transportation access by developing solutions that promote equity in both rural and urban settings.
Objective: Identify and overcome barriers to transportation equity, ensuring that older adults in all communities have equal access to reliable and inclusive transportation options.

🤝 Join the Challenge:
Engage in the Active Aging Ideation Lab to contribute your insights, ideas, and expertise on a core team to start doing the doable.

Sign up at https://community.tiao.world/en/community/join/107 to be part of the collaborative effort.
For more information, contact bkolenich@thestrategicsandbox.com.
Join the conversation to collectively shape a future where transportation becomes a catalyst for active aging, breaking down barriers between rural and urban environments. The challenge is on – innovate for an age-friendly tomorrow!

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