Senior Mobility Action Plan
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San Mateo County Senior Mobility Action Plan Final Action Plan September 2006 San Mateo County Senior Mobility Action Plan Steering Committee Daniel Arellano City of Millbrae Rich Bortoli City of Belmont Sandy Cohen San Mateo County Aging & Adult Services, Health Services Agency Bob Collins SPATS member, San Mateo County Commission on Aging Pat Dixon Citizen Advisory Committee, San Mateo County Transportation Authority Maureen Dunn Director, Senior Focus, Mills Peninsula Health Services Ellen Dunn-Malhotra Director, Planning and Evaluation Services, Health Plan of San Mateo Dale Edwards Chair, Paratransit Coordinating Council Tom Elliot Senior Commissioner, City of San Mateo Ken Feldstein SamTrans Citizen Advisory Committee, City of Foster City Richard Garbarino Council Member, City of South San Francisco Linda Griffith Veteran's Memorial Sr. Center, Redwood City Cheri Handley Recreation Supervisor, Senior Services, City of Belmont Sue Horst Director, Doelger Senior Center, City of Daly City Barbara Kalt Director, Rosener House Susan Kennedy Asst. City Manager, City of South San Francisco Christine Maley-Grubl Executive Director, Peninsula Traffic Congestion Relief Alliance Marianne Mannia California Senior Legislature Gerard Manuel Acting Recreation Supervisor, City of San Carlos Kent Mickelson Executive Director, Center for Independence of the Disabled Doris Morse Asst. State Coordinator, San Mateo and San Francisco Counties, AARP Driver Safety Program Shea Mueller San Mateo County Aging & Adult Services, Health Services Agency Allen Newlands SPATS member, San Mateo County Commission on Disabilities May Nichols San Mateo County Commission on Aging George Pappas Transportation Commission, City of Menlo Park Tricia Pinney Recreation Supervisor, City of Burlingame Jon Rubin President & CEO, Peninsula Coalition Larry Shaine Chair, Citizen Advisory Committee, San Mateo County Transportation Authority, City of Foster City Surinder Sikand Caltrans, District 4 Connie Soper Metropolitan Transportation Commission Adrienne Tissier Board Member, San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Carlos Valenzuela Family Service Agency of San Mateo Bill Welch Manager of Accessible Services, SamTrans Hope Whipple Senior Center Director, City of San Mateo Sandy Wong San Mateo City/County Association of Governments Project Director Corinne Goodrich ,Manager, Special Projects, SamTrans Project Consultant Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, San Francisco David Koffman, Project Manager Krute Singa, Rachel Ede, Richard Weiner San Mateo County Senior Mobility Action Plan • Final Action Plan SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT Table of Contents PAGE Chapter 1. Introduction and Summary ........................................................................1-1 The Need...................................................................................................................1-1 The Planning Process .................................................................................................1-1 Implementation..........................................................................................................1-2 Chapter 2. Priority Mobility Strategies ........................................................................2-1 Strategy No. 1: Community Transit Services................................................................2-3 Strategy No. 2: Community-Based Transportation .......................................................2-4 Strategy No. 3: Encouraging Use of Transit .................................................................2-5 Strategy No. 4: Safe Driving .......................................................................................2-7 Strategy No. 5: Taxicab Services................................................................................2-8 Strategy No. 6: Information and Assistance ................................................................2-9 Strategy No. 7: Walking ..........................................................................................2-11 Chapter 3. The Need for a Senior Mobility Action Plan...............................................3-1 A Growing Older Population......................................................................................3-1 Where Older People Live...........................................................................................3-2 Driving and Older People ........................................................................................3-15 Alternatives to Driving..............................................................................................3-16 Findings of the Strategic Plan for Accessible Transit Services.....................................3-18 County Strategic Plan on Aging ................................................................................3-25 Results from the SamTrans Strategic Plan Survey......................................................3-25 Chapter 4. Existing Services.........................................................................................4-1 Public Transportation .................................................................................................4-1 Driver Safety ..............................................................................................................4-1 Walking and Pedestrian Safety....................................................................................4-2 City Operated Shuttles................................................................................................4-3 Senior Center Vans.....................................................................................................4-5 Community-Based Transportation Services .................................................................4-7 Taxi Subsidies ............................................................................................................4-7 Information and Assistance.........................................................................................4-7 Chapter 5. Strategies for Senior Mobility.....................................................................5-1 Models for Programs and Actions ...............................................................................5-3 Community Transit Services .......................................................................................5-3 Community-Based Transportation...............................................................................5-3 Conventional Transit—Education and Outreach................................................5-9 Information and Referral...........................................................................................5-10 Safe Driving and Driving Cessation ..........................................................................5-12 Taxicabs...................................................................................................................5-17 Walking and Pedestrian Safety..................................................................................5-18 Page i San Mateo County Senior Mobility Action Plan • Final Action Plan SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT Chapter 6. Implementation .........................................................................................6-1 Status Report..............................................................................................................6-1 Activities for 2006-07.................................................................................................6-2 Evaluation Framework................................................................................................6-3 Table of Figures PAGE Figure 2-1 Senior Mobility Action Plan – Summary Matrix of Mobility Strategies .........2-2 Figure 3-1 San Mateo County Senior Population Growth, 2000 - 2020 ........................3-1 Figure 3-2 Population Density Age 65+ by Census Tract (Year 2005)..........................3-3 Figure 3-3 Population Density Age 65+ by Census Tract (Year 2015)..........................3-5 Figure 3-4 Population Density Age 65+ by Census Tract (Year 2025)..........................3-7 Figure 3-5 Linguistic Isolation among Older People in San Mateo County....................3-9 Figure 3-6 People Age 65+ Who Speak English Not Well or Not at All .....................3-11 Figure 3-7 Linguistically Isolated People Age 65+.....................................................3-13 Figure 3-8 Percent with a Driver’s License in San Mateo County by Age Group .........3-15 Figure 3-9 Mode Shares by Age Group......................................................................3-16 Figure 3-10 Difficulty Using Transit by Age Group ......................................................3-17 Figure 3-11 Pedestrian Fatalities per 100,000 Population, California, 2000.................3-18 Figure 3-12 Disability or Health Condition That Affects Travel Decisions....................3-26 Figure 3-13 Main Disability or Health Condition That Affects Travel Decisions...........3-26 Figure 3-14 How Often Do You Drive? .......................................................................3-27 Figure 3-15 Transportation Forms Likely Used If Respondent Stopped Driving.............3-27 Figure 4-1 Shuttle Service Summary Overview ............................................................4-4 Figure 4-2 Senior Center Van Transportation ...............................................................4-6 Figure 5-1 Strategies to Maintain Senior Mobility.........................................................5-1 Figure