Vast distances and inadequate funding pose problems for the rural transportation services that older adults rely on to access essential services.
Transportation in rural America is often hard to access for older adults,
writes Deon J. Hampton for NBC News. “Millions of older adults living in rural America no longer drive and don’t have adequate access to alternative transportation that can assist them with rides to banks, pharmacies and other important places, said Baruch Feigenbaum, senior managing director for transportation policy at the Reason Foundation.”
