Transportation, Routine Activities, and Unmet Travel Needs Among Older Vietnamese Immigrants in the United States

ABSTRACT

Introduction

Transportation barriers can affect travel needs and quality of life.

Methods

This survey examined transportation, routine activities, and unmet travel needs among older Vietnamese immigrants, focusing on gender differences.

Results

Women were more likely to ride with others, less likely to drive, had fewer types of routine activities, and went out for activities less than men. Over 1/4 of the sample had at least one unmet travel need in the previous month (the most common was for visiting family and friends).

Discussion

Interventions to enhance mobility should address age- and gender-based transportation differences and assess for unmet travel needs.

KEYWORDS:

• Gender
• geospatial mobility
• transportation
• unmet travel needs

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, [RLM], upon reasonable request.

Additional information

Funding

This project was funded by the National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC; grant number 1302), a U.S. DOT University Transportation Center.