Free transportation for older adults (Prostofer)
Summary
As part of the project “Age-friendly Zreče Municipality”, we started implementing free transport for older adults (Prostofer) in May 2019, which is fully financed from the municipal budget. The primary users of “Prostofer” are older citizens of our municipality, who need transportation to medical care, public institutions, shopping centers etc. Prospective users simply call the communication center, named the “Golden network”, which collects their information and requested destination and assigns a volunteer driver.
The main aim of “Prostofer” is to increase the participation of older people in road transport and improve their mobility. It also improves road safety and increases the social inclusion of older people in general and it is also increasing the affordability of transport, as well.
From May 2019 until the end of 2019 our 6 volunteers performed 62 trips for our citizens, who needed transportation mainly to the General Hospital Celje and other health care institutions in Vojnik, Ljubljana and Slovenska Bistrica.
You can read more about the Prostofer project at: https://www.zrece.si/.
Website: https://www.zrece.si/
Key facts
Main target group: Older people in general
Sector(s): Transportation
Desired outcome for older people:
Be mobile
- Accessibility