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AGING AMERICANS: STRANDED WITHOUT OPTIONS

@inproceedings{Bailey2004AGINGAS,
  title={AGING AMERICANS: STRANDED WITHOUT OPTIONS},
  author={Laura Bailey},
  year={2004}
}
Linda Bailey, author of this report prepared for the Surface Transportation Policy Project, presented these findings at the recent Safe Mobility Forum sponsored by the NJ Foundation for Aging and the Voorhees Transportation Center of Rutgers University. The Report was released in April 2004. Ms. Bailey joined a panel of experts at the forum discussing future transportation needs of older adults. Here is the Summary of her reported. The title presents the dilemma clearly, Aging Americans… 
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