Tinkering in Sunway City: Sustainable Transportation and Mobility for Older Dwellers

Ka Po Wong; Pei Lee Teh; Jing Qin

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-35936-1_31

Tinkering in Sunway City: Sustainable Transportation and Mobility for Older Dwellers

Ka Po Wong
, Pei Lee Teh
, Jing Qin

Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research › peer-review

Abstract

Age-friendly transportation design is an important factor in fostering mobility for older adults. Mobility is associated with older adults’ lifestyle, wellbeing and quality of life. The government of Malaysia is dedicated to developing an age-friendly city to address the rapid expansion of the ageing population. Sunway City is a township in Malaysia, seamlessly linking public transport such as Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), free shuttle buses and elevated canopy walk. Therefore, it is necessary to examine the design of transportation in Sunway City to achieve the aspiration of an age-friendly city. Focus groups and individual interviews were conducted to examine the attitudes and experiences towards different transportation modes in Sunway City, in which 32 older adults were interviewed. It was found that the transportation design did not fully meet the criteria of age-friendly transportation suggested by the World Health Organization (WHO) because the physical design did not adequately address the needs of older people with physical and cognitive impairments. Education on respecting older adults should be enhanced among young adults for the purpose of creating an age-friendly community. The findings provide insights for Malaysian authorities to optimise the transportation systems and services in future.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Cross-Cultural Design - 15th International Conference, CCD 2023, Held as Part of the 25th International Conference, HCII 2023, Proceedings
Editors	Pei-Luen Patrick Rau
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	417-428
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	9783031359354
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35936-1_31
Publication status	Published - 9 Jul 2023
Event	15th International Conference on Cross-Cultural Design, CCD 2023, held as part of the 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2023 - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 23 Jul 2023 → 28 Jul 2023

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	14022 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	15th International Conference on Cross-Cultural Design, CCD 2023, held as part of the 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2023
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	23/07/23 → 28/07/23

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

Active Ageing
Age-Friendly City
Ageing Population
Sustainable Mobility
Transportation System

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Wong, K. P., Teh, P. L., & Qin, J. (2023). Tinkering in Sunway City: Sustainable Transportation and Mobility for Older Dwellers. In P.-L. Patrick Rau (Ed.), Cross-Cultural Design - 15th International Conference, CCD 2023, Held as Part of the 25th International Conference, HCII 2023, Proceedings (pp. 417-428). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 14022 LNCS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35936-1_31

Wong, Ka Po ; Teh, Pei Lee ; Qin, Jing. / Tinkering in Sunway City : Sustainable Transportation and Mobility for Older Dwellers. Cross-Cultural Design - 15th International Conference, CCD 2023, Held as Part of the 25th International Conference, HCII 2023, Proceedings. editor / Pei-Luen Patrick Rau. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. pp. 417-428 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Tinkering in Sunway City: Sustainable Transportation and Mobility for Older Dwellers. / Wong, Ka Po; Teh, Pei Lee; Qin, Jing.
Cross-Cultural Design - 15th International Conference, CCD 2023, Held as Part of the 25th International Conference, HCII 2023, Proceedings. ed. / Pei-Luen Patrick Rau. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. p. 417-428 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 14022 LNCS).

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