Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about AARP

Car-Friendly Cities Are Not Age-Friendly Cities

By Caitlin Rogger | May 31, 2022 | No Comments

Automobiles menace the elderly and make it hard to navigate their environment, keeping them from meaningful connections

The Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust used a grant from AARP to help complete Golden Age Park. Image: Screengrab from AARP video

Applications Open for AARP Community Challenge Grants

By Melanie Curry | Feb 2, 2022 | No Comments

Small grants for "quick-action" projects that help communities become more livable: public spaces, housing, transportation, civic engagement. Deadline: March 22

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Talking Headways Podcast: What Makes an ‘Age-Friendly’ Place?

By Jeff Wood | Apr 5, 2021 | No Comments

Talking to AARP about how every city can become more age-friendly, how the pandemic is affecting older Americans, and how we can think more holistically about aging in place.

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AARP Keeps Quietly Giving Out Grants for Small but Powerful Ideas to Increase Livability

By Melanie Curry | Sep 2, 2020 | No Comments

A total of 184 "quick-action" projects win 2020 Community Challenge Grants; Six in California

Chris Widelo, associate director of AARP New York City, says the senior lobbying group supports congestion pricing, even though opponents of congestion pricing often cite seniors as their reason for opposing tolls. Photo: Ben Verde

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AARP Backs Congestion Pricing — Defying Pols Who Claim Seniors Would be Hurt By Tolls

By Ben Verde | Feb 21, 2019 | No Comments

The senior lobbying group supports congestion pricing, even though opponents of congestion pricing often cite seniors as their reason for opposing tolls.