This project is a collaboration with architects from Delft University of Technology

Walking outdoors is essential for healthy aging. We set up a game-of-choice for seniors, to study which sidewalk characteristics stimulate older people to walk. We focus on seniors with mobility impairments.

In an online game-of-choice, participants choose from alternative routes, which differ by sidewalk characteristics and walking time (see picture above, scroll through the gallery). Statistical analysis of the choices allows to figure out how much longer elderly are willing to walk if the pavement is smooth, the path is wide, surroundings are green, there are benches on the route, etc. For example, benches along the route increase the time spent walking with up to three times for mobility impaired seniors.

November 2022

Papers and presentations:

- 2022: WORKING PAPER Ossokina IV, Van Wijk P, Jurgenhake, B and Arentze TA, Do modern cities encourage or discourage walking of health-impaired seniors?

- 2022: MASTER THESIS by Pleun van Wijk.

- 2022: INTERVIEW to BPD magazine "Seniors are willing to move if you know their trade-offs."".