Abstract
An efficient mobility is essential to stay connected to community services and to participate in social interaction. However, mobility is impeded by age-related changes regarding perceptual, cognitive, and physical abilities that make older drivers and pedestrians overrepresented in road casualties. At the same time, self-awareness of these limitations frequently may lead to excessive fears (e.g., fear of falling) and self-imposed mobility reduction such as driving cessation that increases the risk of home confinement and social exclusion. This presentation offers an overview of these objective and subjective mobility limitations and their interaction. This is a necessary first step towards developing efficient actions aimed at improving both mobility and safety of older adults. Consequently, we explore in a second step how the socio-spatial environment can be adapted at different levels (e.g., social policy, road environment design) to become a more age-friendly space and as a consequence promote social inclusion in later life.