Face up to the transportation needs of the elderly

The reporter's interview found that the most frequent gathering places of "old age scooters" are at the entrance of the school and the door of the vegetable market.

Most of the scooters use scooters to transport their grandchildren to elementary school. Some scooters say "for self-use", etc. The driver group is relatively concentrated, even if it is not the elderly with inconvenient legs, they have their own corresponding needs.

Strictly speaking, the real electric scooter products for the elderly should evolve from the electric wheelchairs originally belonging to the medical equipment category. The product design is more suitable for the driving habits of the elderly and the disabled, and it is suitable for people from the original electric wheelchairs. The disabled group of cars has expanded to the elderly with inconvenient legs and feet.

Some experts pointed out that although low-speed electric vehicles are a traffic problem, it is not only related to traffic order and the development of related industries, but also related to the travel needs of the people, especially the elderly, and is a comprehensive livelihood issue.

As the aging of our society continues to deepen, how to make it easier for the elderly to travel has become a problem that must be faced.

It needs to be pointed out that although the "Technical Conditions for Pure Electric Passenger Vehicles" includes low-speed electric vehicles as "micro low-speed pure electric passenger vehicles", it is actually no longer the low-speed electric vehicles in the past. In accordance with the requirements of the national standard, the mini low-speed pure electric vehicle adopts the manufacturing standards of passenger cars. These models are managed in accordance with the standards of passenger cars, and in the future, it will be necessary for vehicles to be licensed and insured.

This means that the production, use, and maintenance costs of micro low-speed pure electric vehicles will be much higher than that of low-speed electric vehicles.

Du Fangci, consultant of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, said that there should be no “one size fits all” for the "old age scooter", and the actual needs of some elderly people should be taken into consideration. "For example, when it is used on the road, it has to take the rightmost road in the bicycle lane, just like the fast lane and the slow lane. The'old age scooter' should be a bit slower than the bicycle. When the elderly buy a scooter, they must You can only buy with ID cards and prescribed hospital permits, rather than anyone can buy them. This not only meets the needs of society, but also better manages road traffic."

Faced with the transportation needs of the elderly, the development of public transportation with wider coverage and a more comfortable environment is still the first choice. Many areas in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, and Liyang City, Jiangsu Province are upgrading public transportation vehicles and heart-warming services to escort elderly travel.

In Fujian, Fuzhou Kangchi’s new bus used 27 “Metro buses” that are very friendly to the elderly. They adopt a disc-hub power wheel drive system and a rear-opening design to achieve first-level stepping, flat floors and rear-opening doors. You can get on and off easily.

At the same time, Hangzhou is better serving the elderly to take taxis by improving the functions of the car-hailing software for the elderly.

Dedicated real-time service, you can call a car with just one phone call. On June 16, Shanghai launched a pilot project of "one-click car-hailing" service in the community. As of the end of June, the Shanghai Road Transportation Administration has completed the installation and commissioning of 100 “one-key car-hailing smart screens” in 19 streets (towns) and units in 11 districts, including Bei Bund Street and Xujiahui Street. And it will be all activated on July 9th. This device has established a tilt dispatch mechanism for elderly users aged 60 and above, giving priority to responding to the needs of the elderly to take taxis.

As the aging of society continues to deepen, the growing number of elderly people has created potential market and consumer demand. Therefore, it is necessary to face up to and consider the transportation needs of the elderly as much as possible, and provide convenient and safe ways for the elderly to travel safely.