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Transport disadvantage contributes to social exclusion among older adults through infrastructural barriers and urban changes, demonstrating that mobility infrastructure fundamentally functions as social infrastructure. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Investigate how mobility conditions and transport disadvantage influence daily navigation, access to essential services, and social belonging among older adults across diverse European settings.

September 10, 2026Journal of Urban MobilityOpen Access

Moving to belong: A cross-national qualitative exploration of mobility, social connection, and transport disadvantage among older adults in Ireland, Scotland, and Germany

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ANAna Clara Caixeta Szymanski NogueiraUniversity of the Philippines System MLMaya LjubojevicUniversity of Strathclyde GWGebhard WulfhorstTechnical University of Munich

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Qualitative study reveals how transport disadvantage drives social exclusion in older adults, highlighting the need to view mobility infrastructure as social infrastructure.

Key Points

Investigate how mobility conditions and transport disadvantage influence daily navigation, access to essential services, and social belonging among older adults across diverse European settings.
Conducted a cross-national qualitative study across three urban contexts: Geretsried (Germany), Edinburgh (Scotland), and Balbriggan (Ireland).
Employed ethnographic walk-along interviews in Geretsried (n = 28) and combined photovoice with focus groups in Edinburgh (n = 5) and Balbriggan (n = 4).
Identified three key dimensions of exclusion: infrastructural barriers to movement, urban restructuring that eliminates affordable social spaces, and cumulative negative effects on community ties.
Found that while some individuals adapted through alternative routes or assistance, persistent mobility barriers eroded independence, neighborhood connections, and belonging.

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Nogueira et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa27afb58559d80afc73f6a https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urbmob.2026.100278

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September 10, 2026Journal of Urban MobilityOpen Access

Moving to belong: A cross-national qualitative exploration of mobility, social connection, and transport disadvantage among older adults in Ireland, Scotland, and Germany

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Authors

ANAna Clara Caixeta Szymanski NogueiraUniversity of the Philippines System MLMaya LjubojevicUniversity of Strathclyde GWGebhard WulfhorstTechnical University of Munich

Discussion

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Implication

Qualitative study reveals how transport disadvantage drives social exclusion in older adults, highlighting the need to view mobility infrastructure as social infrastructure.

Key Points

Investigate how mobility conditions and transport disadvantage influence daily navigation, access to essential services, and social belonging among older adults across diverse European settings.
Conducted a cross-national qualitative study across three urban contexts: Geretsried (Germany), Edinburgh (Scotland), and Balbriggan (Ireland).
Employed ethnographic walk-along interviews in Geretsried (n = 28) and combined photovoice with focus groups in Edinburgh (n = 5) and Balbriggan (n = 4).
Identified three key dimensions of exclusion: infrastructural barriers to movement, urban restructuring that eliminates affordable social spaces, and cumulative negative effects on community ties.
Found that while some individuals adapted through alternative routes or assistance, persistent mobility barriers eroded independence, neighborhood connections, and belonging.

Cite This Study

Nogueira et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa27afb58559d80afc73f6a https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urbmob.2026.100278

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