The Journal of Transport & Health published a study that investigates changes in walking speed and the ability of adults over 50 to cross roads in time.. Only 10% of measured walking speeds were fast enough for the required 1.2 m/s pedestrian crossing speeds in the UK and the US. Walking speed declined with age, and the decline accelerated with increasing age. Researchers noted their results may overestimate the proportion of older people able to cross the road in time. See Crossing the Road in Time: Inequalities in Older People’s Walking Speeds https://bit.ly/2qjK53q
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