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The very limited and irregular bus service is accessible to only a small number of those who live within easy walking distance of the stops. This is a community of retired working and middle-class elderly with modest means and with extremely limited public transportation facilities available to them, like many other similar communities across the country. As an aspiring cultural anthropologist, I wanted to understand how this group had strategized to overcome their transportation and mobility issues (read my book Thursdays With Margaret, available online on Amazon, for an accounting of my intimate friendship with a very special 94-year-old friend Margaret Parks to see how she addressed this and other issues of aging in place). While conducting extended field research into the lives of the very old in a semi-rural community, I extensively interacted with a group of individuals who were dealing with this issue.

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The loss of a driver’s license is a loss of independence and is traumatic for those who have for many years had the ability to go anywhere at any time without relying on others.

Taxis and private car services are too expensive for most, and their children and other local family members are often too busy dealing with the complexities of their own lives and engaged with their jobs and businesses to offer their parents regular rides for errands, doctor appointments, recreational activities or any other transportation needs. Outlying communities are primarily underserved by public transportation, and even where it is available, it cannot be easily accessed without using a car.

Transportation is an even bigger issue for suburban and rural elderly, particularly those in their mid- eighties or older who are no longer able to or allowed to drive. Even for urban dwellers with ready access to public transportation, getting around is no longer easy due to mobility and other health-related issues. Transportation for the very old is complicated at best and virtually unavailable for many.