By the year 2030, a quarter of the Atlanta-area population will be over the age of 60.
A forum on Monday hosted by the Atlanta Regional Commission was designed to explore ideas on how to make the area more accommodating for older adults. This includes where they live and how they get around.
“Many of the challenges when it’s time to hang up the keys is ‘how do I get to where I want to go,’” said Jana Lynott, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor with the AARP Public Policy Institute. “And we see a lot of increased social isolation because of a lack of adequate transportation options.”
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