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At some time in his life, virtually everyone has been transportation disadvantaged. The most common occurrence that restricts mobility is when a person temporarily does not have an automobile available to make a trip. A good example is when the one-family auto needs repairs and it is out of commission or temporarily being used by another member of the family. The simple solution to this mobility problem is to wait for the auto to return home or get it repaired.
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Saltzman, A., Kidder, A.E., Watt, R. (1977). Mobility problems and solutions for elderly, handicapped, and poor persons in the United States. In: Visser, E.J. (eds) Transport decisions in an age of uncertainty. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9707-3_71
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