1. Study on the mobility needs of elderly people for the European Metropolitan Transport Authorities Meeting with the EMTA working group on accessibility Manchester 1 March 2006 Siegfried Rupprecht, Matthias Fiedler

2. Study on mobility needs of elederly people for EMTA – kick-off meeting Manchester, 1 March 2006 Clients & Partners

3. Study on mobility needs of elederly people for EMTA – kick-off meeting Manchester, 1 March 2006 Clients & Partners European Commission DGs Energy & Transport, Information Society, Environment, Employment & Social Affairs, Research Cities and Regions, Transport Companies all over Europe European associations & networks e.g. POLIS, UITP, CEMR, ACCESS (formerly Car Free Cities) Telecommunication & Software Companies International Organisations (e.g. UNU, UNESCO) Academic and Research Institutions

4. Study on mobility needs of elederly people for EMTA – kick-off meeting Manchester, 1 March 2006 Themes & Services Services Capacity building for practioners in technical and policy areas Scientific evaluation and assessment of project impacts Proposal preparation and project management Strategy development and policy advice ‘Best practice’ market studies and mainstreaming of know-how Dissemination of research results Independent project monitoring Services Capacity building for practioners in technical and policy areas Scientific evaluation and assessment of project impacts Proposal preparation and project management Strategy development and policy advice ‘Best practice’ market studies and mainstreaming of know-how Dissemination of research results Independent project monitoring Themes Mobility & Transport Urban Transport Public Transport & intermodal Transport Traffic Information Systems Environment & sustainability Urban & regional planning Societal innovation Themes Mobility & Transport Urban Transport Public Transport & intermodal Transport Traffic Information Systems Environment & sustainability Urban & regional planning Societal innovation

5. Study on mobility needs of elederly people for EMTA – kick-off meeting Manchester, 1 March 2006 Mobility & Transport Business models for Intelligent Transport Systems (eEurope) Visions for the future of Public Transport Transport strategies to combat social exclusion Radical, integrated transport strategies in major European cities Mainstreaming of innovative transport concepts

6. Study on mobility needs of elederly people for EMTA – kick-off meeting Manchester, 1 March 2006 Environment & sustainable development Environmental orientated traffic management strategies (Roma, Paris, Berlin, Praha, Rotterdam, Leicester) Monitoring of the LIFE environment programme in Germany & Austria Intermediate Evaluation of the northwestern Europe INTERREG IIIB- programme Guidelines for Sustainable Urban Transport Plans (SUTP)

7. Study on mobility needs of elederly people for EMTA – kick-off meeting Manchester, 1 March 2006 Objectives Determine the challenges of the ageing population for Public Transport autorities regarding Accessibility (physical & mental) Travel Information Systems Dedicated Services Fare and ticketing schemes Car-orientated lifestyles & ageing of suburbia Individual needs & expectations Identify and present ‘best practice‘ examples Develop recommendations

8. Study on mobility needs of elederly people for EMTA – kick-off meeting Manchester, 1 March 2006 Methodology Desk research & project work space Questionnaire campaign in 10 European cities Case studies in 4 of these cities Further information from experts with an overall- perspective Validation work shop Final report

9. Study on mobility needs of elederly people for EMTA – kick-off meeting Manchester, 1 March 2006 Project work space  Sharing and exchange of info  Transparency  Open for EMTA (and selected others)  Allows for active participation and info provision

10. Study on mobility needs of elederly people for EMTA – kick-off meeting Manchester, 1 March 2006 Questionnaire campaign and case studies Questionnaire campaign 10 European Cities (mostly non-EMTA cities) Distribution via e-mail, briefing by telephone Mix of open and closed questions Carried out between March and April Recipients to be selected with working group and EMTA Case studies in 4 of these cities Telephone Interviews Adressing different stakeholders from user and provider (or planner) perspective

11. Study on mobility needs of elederly people for EMTA – kick-off meeting Manchester, 1 March 2006 Expert interviews and validation work shop Expert interviews Experts with an international or over-regional perspective Different backgrounds: User and Transport associations, universities and consultancies 5 interviews to be held between June and July Validation work shop Professional moderation Validation of interim results & draft recommendations July 2006 To be discussed with working group

12. Study on mobility needs of elederly people for EMTA – kick-off meeting Manchester, 1 March 2006 Work- and time plan

13. Study on mobility needs of elederly people for EMTA – kick-off meeting Manchester, 1 March 2006 Work- and time plan (2) Progress in 3 project stages interim reporting (June/July) Validation work shop (end of June) Delivery of the draft final report (30 September 2006) Delivery of the final report (31 December 2006) Presentation of results to the working group (Spring 2007)

14. Study on mobility needs of elederly people for EMTA – kick-off meeting Manchester, 1 March 2006 Open issues ‘hot issues’ in elderly peoples’ mobility from the point of view of the working group Potential cities & interview partners Methodology Organise input from EMTA Validation work shop