Livable Communities

The AARP SafeTrip™ app promotes safe driving by helping drivers monitor their key driving behaviors, such as speed, braking, and phone use.

The AARP Smart Driver course improved older drivers' understanding of basic traffic rules and the most common mistakes older drivers make.

Advance driving directives designate someone to begin the discussion around when to reduce or stop driving. Most older adults are not aware of them.

The AARP Livability Index platform relies on multiple, interconnected metrics and policies from trusted, high-quality sources to determine how communities succeed as measured by 61 indicators across seven categories of livability: housing, neighborhood, transportation, environment, health, engagement and opportunity. These seven fact sheets spotlight some of the key metrics the Livability Index uses in each of the categories to score and rank neighborhoods and communities across the country.

On October 31, 2023, AARP and the National Housing Conference (NHC) co-hosted “Building Livable Communities for All Generations,” an in-person and online event to discuss the importance of creating communities that are safe, accessible, and inclusive for all ages and backgrounds.

Older adults are exercising caution when driving at night, according to an AARP survey, and they are adapting as their vision changes with age.