Taking part in activities, an exploration of the role of discretionary travel in older people's wellbeing

Shergold, Ian

doi:10.1016/j.jth.2019.01.005

All Outputs (4)

Older people and out-of-home mobility: Is discretionary travel undervalued in current policy? (2019)
Thesis
Shergold, I. Older people and out-of-home mobility: Is discretionary travel undervalued in current policy?. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1491023

In accordance with the UWE regulations for DPhil degrees, this thesis incorporates a body of published academic material supported by a critical commentary of the work. The work collected in this DPhil portfolio reflects a long-standing interest in,... Read More about Older people and out-of-home mobility: Is discretionary travel undervalued in current policy?.

New opportunities for on-demand shared-ride services to deliver modal shift and inclusive travel (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Calvert, T., Jain, J., Parkhurst, G., Shergold, I., & Ward, S. (2019, July). New opportunities for on-demand shared-ride services to deliver modal shift and inclusive travel. Paper presented at 17th Annual Transport Practitioners Meeting, Oxford

On-demand shared-ride services promise new opportunities for modal shift and inclusive travel. This paper draws on evidence from the industrial-collaborative project ‘Mobility on Demand Laboratory Environment’ (MODLE) which has piloted a range of suc... Read More about New opportunities for on-demand shared-ride services to deliver modal shift and inclusive travel.

Business models being trialled in the shared-ride on-demand niche, and challenges and barriers encountered (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Calvert, T., Ward, S., Shergold, I., Parkhurst, G., & Jain, J. (2019, July). Business models being trialled in the shared-ride on-demand niche, and challenges and barriers encountered. Paper presented at Universities' Transport Study Group (UTSG) 51st Annual Conference, Leeds, UK

This paper evaluates the growing range of business models being applied within on-demand shared-ride road transport niches. Whilst examples of such services are long-standing; arguably as old as road passenger transport, new technologies have opened... Read More about Business models being trialled in the shared-ride on-demand niche, and challenges and barriers encountered.

Taking part in activities, an exploration of the role of discretionary travel in older people's wellbeing (2019)
Journal Article
Shergold, I. (2019). Taking part in activities, an exploration of the role of discretionary travel in older people's wellbeing. Journal of Transport and Health, 12, 195-205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2019.01.005

Introduction Activity theory, a construct from social gerontology, provides a framework to bridge the themes of ageing and transport, and thus enable new insights into the role of out-of-home mobility for wellbeing. The theory proposes that undert... Read More about Taking part in activities, an exploration of the role of discretionary travel in older people's wellbeing.