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THIS IS A REPORT ON THE SECOND PHASE OF A STUDY ON THE USE OF WALKING AS A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION BY OLDER PEOPLE. IN ADDITION TO TYPICAL INTERVIEW QUESTIONING, AN ACTIVITY AND FOOD DIARY WAS RECORDED, EACH RESPONDENT DESCRIBED HIMSELF AND WAS DESCRIBED BY HIS INTERVIEWER THROUGH USE OF AN ADJECTIVE CHECKLIST, AND THE REVISED SET OF 11 MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION APPERCEPTION PICTURES (AVAILABLE FROM THE AUTHOR) WAS ADMINISTTERED. INTERVIEWERS RATE STEEPNESS OF THE SIDEWALK BY MATCHING THE VIEW OF THE RESPONDENT'S RESIDENCE FROM ACROSS THE STREET WITH ONE OF A SET OF DRAWINGS OF RESIDENTIAL STREETS VARYING IN SLOPE; AND THEY RATED QUALITY OF HOUSING BY COMPARING THE RESPONDENT'S RESIDENCE WITH A SET OF PHOTOGRAPHS COMPILED FOR THIS PURPOSE. SAN FRANCISCO DATA CONFIRM CONCLUSIONS DRAWN FROM EARLIER RESULTS IN SAN ANTONIO AND EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE OLDER PEDESTRIAN. THE CONSISTENCY OF FINDINGS IN THE QUITE DIFFERENT SITES LENDS CREDENCE TO THE WIDER APPLICABILITY OF CONCLUSIONS. OLDER PEOPLE COMMONLY DEPEND ON THEIR FEET TO TAKE THEM PLACES THEY NEED AND WANT TO GO. THEY PERCEIVE ADVANTAGES FOR WALKING-INDEPENDENCE, CONVENIENCE, OPPORTUNITY TO BE AMONG PEOPLE, HEALTH, AND ECONOMY. HOWEVER, DISTANCES ARE OFTEN TOO GREAT, WALKWAYS ARE POORLY CONSTRUCTED AND NOT SECURE FROM INTRUSION BY VEHICLES, AND TRAFFIC IS CONFUSING. THE INCONVENIENCES AND HAZARDS OF GOING ON FOOT ARE INTENSIFIED BY POOR HEALTH, INCLEMENT WEATHER, AND HILLY TERRAIN. (ADEQUACY OF DIET IS INVERSELY CORRELATED WITH SLOPE OF THE STREET OF RESIDENCE.) WALKING WOULD BETTER SERVE THE TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER NEEDS OF OLDER PEOPLE IF WALKWAYS WERE IMPROVED, PARTICULARLY BY THE EXCLUSION OF VEHICLES FROM THEM. IN ADDITION, OLDER PEOPLE NEED VEHICULAR TRANSPORTATION FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCIES AND FOOD SHOPPING AND ALSO AS AN OPTION THEY CAN EXERCISE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN, IN DIGNITY AND INDEPENDENCE, LIFE STYLES OF THEIR OWN CHOOSING. /AUTHOR/
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