The lack of suitable transportation is a major problem of the elderly. Our purpose
is to identify socioeconomic characteristics that differentiate between riders and
nonriders of public and agency transportation in Toledo. A 1982 sample of 150
noninstitutionalized elderly provides the data base. Results of logistic regression
analysis of the data indicate that the probability of ridingpublic transportation was
highest for nondrivers, particularly those who live alone.
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