Dr. Joseph F. Coughlin serves as both Director of the USDOT Region I University Transportation Centers Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and as Director of the MIT AgeLab. Dr. Coughlin conducts research and teaches transportation policy with special emphasis on the implications and needs of an aging population. His scholarly work on the transportation policy and mobility needs of the elderly has appeared in a wide variety of public policy, gerontology, management and transportation journals. He frequently presents at conferences for transportation researchers and practitione...