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

Malaysia School of Business

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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
Subtitle of host publication	15th International Conference, CCD 2023 Held as Part of the 25th International Conference, HCII 2023 Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23–28, 2023 Proceedings, Part I
Editors	Pei-Luen Patrick Rau
Place of Publication	Cham Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	417-428
Number of pages	12
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031359361
ISBN (Print)	9783031359354
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35936-1_31
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	International Conference on Cross-Cultural Design (CCD) Held as Part of International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International) 2023 - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 23 Jul 2023 → 28 Jul 2023 Conference number: 15th https://2023.hci.international/ccd https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35936-1 (Proceedings)

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	International Conference on Cross-Cultural Design (CCD) Held as Part of International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International) 2023
Abbreviated title	CCD 2023
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	23/07/23 → 28/07/23
Internet address	https://2023.hci.international/ccd https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35936-1 (Proceedings)

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

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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 Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23–28, 2023 Proceedings, Part I (1st ed., pp. 417-428). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 14022 LNCS). Springer. 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 Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23–28, 2023 Proceedings, Part I. editor / Pei-Luen Patrick Rau. 1st. ed. Cham Switzerland : Springer, 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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Wong, KP, 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 Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23–28, 2023 Proceedings, Part I. 1st edn, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 14022 LNCS, Springer, Cham Switzerland, pp. 417-428, International Conference on Cross-Cultural Design (CCD) Held as Part of International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International) 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, 23/07/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35936-1_31

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 Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23–28, 2023 Proceedings, Part I. ed. / Pei-Luen Patrick Rau. 1st. ed. Cham Switzerland: Springer, 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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