Mobility in the community is a crucial component of everyone's quality of life. AARP is a leader in developing and implementing strategies to overcome challenges identified by older transportation users with driving, ride sharing, public transportation, walking and taxis.

AARP has been at work in this field since 1969 with driver education programs that have reached over 9 million seniors. AARP promotes livable communities that support independence, choice, and control. Enhancing community mobility options for older adults is a key element of AARP's efforts to support livable communities.

Who Should Attend
Community, land use and transportation planners, transportation professionals, elected officials, community foundation and nonprofit service providers, law enforcement personnel, and others interested in senior mobility topics will benefit from this forum.

Why You Should Attend
Affordable, easy-to-use, and flexible transportation options are essential for maintaining independence, choice and control in our communities. Economic vitality depends in large part on transportation connecting individuals to jobs, goods, and services. With the aging of the Baby Boom Generation, we all need to understand how older people connect with their communities, what transportation challenges are for many as they age, and how to expand and improve the mobility that transportation options can provide.

Agenda
Wednesday, June 28, 2006, 6:45 p.m.
Welcome—E. Bentley Lipscomb, AARP Florida State Director
Beyond 50.05: A Report to the Nation on Livable Communities: Creating Environments for Successful Aging-Elinor Ginzler, Director, Livable Communities, Office of Social Impact, AARP

Regardless of whether we live in a city, a suburb, a small town, or out in the country, the question of livable communities is important for everyone. The livability of a community depends in part on multiple mobility options that allow residents of all ages and abilities to connect with their communities. This report, the fifth in AARP's Beyond 50 series, presents a new agenda for examining, building and retrofitting our communities to support successful aging.

Thursday Morning Keynote Speakers
Josefina Carbonell
Josefina G. Carbonell was appointed by the President and sworn in as Assistant Secretary for Aging at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on August 8, 2001. The Administration on Aging (AoA) is the federal focal point and advocacy agency for older Americans and their concerns.

William W. Millar
William W. Millar is president of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). Millar became chief executive officer of APTA in 1996 after 24 years in transportation operations and management. In his years as head of APTA, Millar has worked with a broad coalition of interests to vigorously make the case for public transportation to the Congress and the Administration.

Thursday Morning & Lunch Plenary Sessions
Economics --> that impact and are impacted by the issue of senior mobility
Implemented or -->  planned strategic initiatives to help older Americans get to the goods, services and social opportunities in their communities
Collaboration among various --> agencies and organizations to overcome barriers to senior mobility
What the --> White House Conference on Aging says about the importance of senior mobility

Thursday Afternoon Workshops
Experts will provide examples from across the country, and participants will be encouraged to share their local concerns and experiences. Plan to bring more than one individual from your organization since participants will choose one of the following workshop areas to attend:
1. Community Planning for Senior Mobility
2. Safe Driving for Seniors
3. Transportation Options for Seniors
4. Emergency Evacuation for Seniors

Closing Session: Prioritizing Issues and Solutions
What are the key issues that surfaced in the workshops? Which solutions will have the best chance of meeting the mobility needs of older adults? How difficult will it be to implement changes in the participants' home communities? These questions and others will be addressed in the final session. Using wireless keypad voting technology, participants will anonymously vote to determine their ranking of the most critical factors in meeting senior transportation needs. The results will be displayed instantaneously for all to see and discuss in what promises to be a very interesting conclusion to the forum!

You Will Not Leave Empty-Handed!
To help you pursue a transportation agenda for older people, you will receive a “tool-kit” of resources to take back to your community!

Videotaping
Selected program sessions will be videotaped. If you do not wish to appear in the videotaping, please select a seating area of the room outside of the camera range. Please ask for assistance at the registration desk if you are unsure of a seating option that meets your needs.

	Hillsborough County MPO
	Elder Transportation Council