[Report] Alberta Provincial Transportation Needs Assessment

In 2016-2017, the Medically At-Risk Driver (MARD) Centre at the University of Alberta conducted a Provincial Transportation Needs Assessment. The overall goals were to: 1) assess the transportation needs of seniors and persons with disabilities (PWD) in the province of Alberta, and 2) make the results available to communities throughout the province in order to help them understand and better address the transportation needs of seniors and PWD in their communities.

The results presented in this report focus on the senior population for the province of Alberta. In each of the sections, we present the findings from the interviews with non-drivers and drivers 65 years of age and older (referred to as seniors from this point forward).

As you go through this report, you will notice that the results from senior non-drivers and drivers are similar but not identical. That is, often, the ratings from senior drivers are

somewhat higher (or lower depending on how the question is asked) than senior non-drivers. For the most part, these differences should not make a difference in any decisions that you may make regarding implementing or adapting transportation services for seniors in your community.