Older Adult Willingness to Use Fully Autonomous Vehicle (FAV) Ride Sharing
In the United States, older adults (age 65 and older) rely on private automobiles for transportation. For those who stop driving, access to alternative modes of transportation is important for health, wellbeing, mobility, and independence. This paper explores older adult willingness to use fully aut...
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| author | Alexa L. Siegfried Alycia Bayne Laurie F. Beck Katherine Freund |
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| description | In the United States, older adults (age 65 and older) rely on private automobiles for transportation. For those who stop driving, access to alternative modes of transportation is important for health, wellbeing, mobility, and independence. This paper explores older adult willingness to use fully autonomous vehicle (FAV) ride sharing and the features or services of FAV ride sharing that would make them willing to take a ride. These data were gathered as part of a larger qualitative research study designed to explore the factors affecting older adult use of ride share services. For the larger study, we conducted 68 telephone interviews with older adults, and 10 in-person focus groups with 56 older adults, including individuals who both used and never used ride share services. We used a convenience sample recruited by study partners, including ride share and transportation services and a recruitment firm. The predominant thematic findings of the qualitative analysis included a desire for a proven safety record in terms of performance and technology, followed by dependability and accuracy of FAV ride sharing. Older adults’ concerns about FAV ride sharing included safety concerns and preferences for social interaction with drivers. Ride share services that use FAVs in the future may need to tailor transportation offerings for older adults to increase their willingness to use FAVS to support their mobility and social needs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9fb2d547d6294ad9bb9c9979421c4e502023-11-21T17:51:37ZengMDPI AGGeriatrics2308-34172021-04-01624710.3390/geriatrics6020047Older Adult Willingness to Use Fully Autonomous Vehicle (FAV) Ride SharingAlexa L. Siegfried0Alycia Bayne1Laurie F. Beck2Katherine Freund3NORC at the University of Chicago, 4350 East–West Hwy, Suite 800, Bethesda, MD 20814, USANORC at the University of Chicago, 4350 East–West Hwy, Suite 800, Bethesda, MD 20814, USACenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 4770 Buford Hwy NE, MS S106-9, Atlanta, GA 30341, USAITNAmerica, 90 Bridge St, Suite 210, Westbrook, ME 04092, USAIn the United States, older adults (age 65 and older) rely on private automobiles for transportation. For those who stop driving, access to alternative modes of transportation is important for health, wellbeing, mobility, and independence. This paper explores older adult willingness to use fully autonomous vehicle (FAV) ride sharing and the features or services of FAV ride sharing that would make them willing to take a ride. These data were gathered as part of a larger qualitative research study designed to explore the factors affecting older adult use of ride share services. For the larger study, we conducted 68 telephone interviews with older adults, and 10 in-person focus groups with 56 older adults, including individuals who both used and never used ride share services. We used a convenience sample recruited by study partners, including ride share and transportation services and a recruitment firm. The predominant thematic findings of the qualitative analysis included a desire for a proven safety record in terms of performance and technology, followed by dependability and accuracy of FAV ride sharing. Older adults’ concerns about FAV ride sharing included safety concerns and preferences for social interaction with drivers. Ride share services that use FAVs in the future may need to tailor transportation offerings for older adults to increase their willingness to use FAVS to support their mobility and social needs.https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3417/6/2/47ride sharefully autonomous vehiclesself-driving carstransportation optionssafetymobility |
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| title | Older Adult Willingness to Use Fully Autonomous Vehicle (FAV) Ride Sharing |
| title_full | Older Adult Willingness to Use Fully Autonomous Vehicle (FAV) Ride Sharing |
| title_fullStr | Older Adult Willingness to Use Fully Autonomous Vehicle (FAV) Ride Sharing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Older Adult Willingness to Use Fully Autonomous Vehicle (FAV) Ride Sharing |
| title_short | Older Adult Willingness to Use Fully Autonomous Vehicle (FAV) Ride Sharing |
| title_sort | older adult willingness to use fully autonomous vehicle fav ride sharing |
| topic | ride share fully autonomous vehicles self-driving cars transportation options safety mobility |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3417/6/2/47 |
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