Why the New Mobility Revolution Leaves Seniors Behind

The report, Older Adults, New Mobility, and Automated Vehicles was featured in this Streetsblog USA article. Urbanism Next Director Nico Larco weighed in on why new mobility companies are having a hard time reaching older adults.

“It’s not because any of these new mobility companies are evil,” said Nico Larco, director of the Urbanism Next Center. “It’s just that for a lot of them, their target audience is largely able-bodied, younger, with some economic ability. They’re doing as much as they can for older adults, at least as makes sense within their business model — and some companies like Waymo really did impress us in their efforts to include seniors. But as soon as you get to the population that it’s hardest to serve, nobody’s really paying attention.”