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  • Gerontology
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Transportation Planning

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  • Older adults face significant mobility and usability challenges with current transportation e-tools.
  • Existing e-tools often lack age-friendly design principles tailored to the specific needs of seniors.
  • There is a critical gap in comprehensive, age-friendly usability guidelines for transportation planning software.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify, synthesize, and prioritize age-friendly usability design principles for transportation planning e-tools.
  • To develop tailored guidelines that address the unique needs of older adults in using digital transportation resources.
  • To enhance the independence and digital inclusion of older adults through improved e-tool design.

Main Methods:

  • A scoping review was conducted using the Arksey and O'Malley framework, enhanced by Joanna Briggs Institute guidance and PRISMA-ScR standards.
  • Literature searches spanned six databases (MEDLINE, AgeLine, Cochrane, Scopus, IEEE Xplore, TRID) and gray literature from 2013-2025.
  • Four foundational usability frameworks guided the derivation and classification of age-friendly guidelines into 10 core principles, ranked by expert analysis using the analytic hierarchy process.

Main Results:

  • 31 studies yielded 500 guidelines, refined into 68 actionable principles across 10 usability categories.
  • The top-prioritized principles for age-friendly design are visual clarity (36.4%), structure and navigation (22.1%), and ease of use (12.5%).
  • Key principles include visual clarity, structure, navigation, ease of use, information, memory load, feedback, accessibility, consistency, simplicity, and control.

Conclusions:

  • This research provides an evidence-based foundation for developing user-centered transportation e-tools for older adults.
  • Prioritized guidelines support older adults' autonomy and digital inclusion in transportation planning.
  • Sustained usability requires ongoing updates and active user involvement in the design process.