Rapid transportation development may be welcomed by many, but older adults might find it difficult to keep up with their transportation uses and remain active. This study reviewed published articles on the travel behavior of older adults in Malaysia and associated transportation determinants to explore how sustainable the transportation system is for this vulnerable cohort. The authors searched four databases: PubMed, Scopus, ProQuest, and EBSCOhost. Inclusion criteria were older respondents, living in a community in Malaysia, addressing any travel behavior characteristics, and being written in English. Review papers, letters, book citations, comments, editorials, and experimental and animal studies are excluded from this study. A total of seven studies were included in this review extending from 2007 to 2020. The result showed that the transportation use of older adults has shifted from relying on public transport to driving their own vehicles to move around. According to the findings of this study, besides personal and health factors, the transport use of older adults is affected mainly by cost, public transport availability, road traffic and safety, the complexity of the transportation system, distance to public transit, availability of parking space, as well as road conditions and signage. It is concluded that an effective strategy to improve the transportation system is needed to prevent the unmet travel needs of older adults in Malaysia.

The rapid development of transportation infrastructure in Malaysia had changed the mobility landscape of the country. While it would be a welcome advancement for many, older adults might find it difficult to keep up with their transportation uses and remain active. This study reviewed published articles on the travel behavior of older adults and its associated transportation determinants to explore how sustainable the transportation system is for this vulnerable cohort. Four databases were searched: PubMed, Scopus, ProQuest, and EBSCOhost. Inclusion criteria were older respondents, living in a community in Malaysia, addressing any travel behavior characteristics and written in English language. Review paper, letters, book citations, comments, editorials, and experimental and animal studies were excluded from this study. All in all, this review included seven studies extending from the year 2007 to 2020. The result showed that transportation use of older adults had shifted from relying on public transports to driving their own vehicle to move around. According to the finding of this study, besides personal and health factors, transport use of older adults was affected mainly by cost, public transport availability, road traffic and safety, the complexity of the transportation system, distance to public transit, availability of parking space, road condition and signage. It is concluded that an effective strategy to improve the transportation system is lauded to prevent unmet travel needs among the older adults in Malaysia.

Background: Extensive multimodal transportation network has resulted in widespread use of the transit transfer method of transportation among frequent travelers. In many parts of the world, transferring from one mode of transportation to another provides significant mobility advantage to people, commodities, and services in reaching their destination. However, there are some who have not reaped the benefits of this sophisticated transportation networking system. This study reviewed published articles on the implications of transit transfer on the older adults in order to gain a better understanding of this method of transportation and the nature of difficulties that it caused them. Methods: The following databases were searched: PubMed, Cochrane, Scopus, ProQuest, WileyOnline, and Ovid. Inclusion criteria was English language, respondents aged 60 and above, living in community, and addressing transit transfer mode of transportations used, and the outcome on older adults. Review paper, letter, book citations, comments, editorials, experimental and animal studies were excluded from this review.Results: This review included six studies. According to the findings of this study, older adults were able to benefit from transit transfer as transportation method to reach their destination. It can also increase physical activity among the older adults through active commuting. However, older adults encountered a problem with transit transfer since they had to walk to reach each of the transport facilities. Transit transfers have also been shown to expose them to inconveniency pertaining to obstacle they faced while transit transfer.Conclusion: There are indications of positive and negative implications of transit transfer to older adults. More research should be conducted to further evaluate its risk and outcome to the older adults and to determine effective strategies to improve their intermodal transportation.