When Shortest Isn't Safest: A Design Science Approach to Senior-Friendly Pedestrian Routing

תקציר מקורי באנגליתarXiv:2607.24795v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Older adults' independent mobility enables out-of-home participation, well-being and health, yet pedestrian navigation systems still optimize primarily for distance or time, often overlooking barriers, safety thresholds, and supportive infrastructure that shape late-life walking decisions. We present a senior-friendly pedestrian routing artefact developed through echeloned Design Science Re-search, translating lived mobility constraints into prescriptive design knowledge. Based on 11 semi-structured interviews, we derive initial Design Requirements (DRs) and Design Principles (DPs) for barrier-aware, amenity-sensitive routing and execution-relevant explanations. We instantiate these in an OpenStreetMap pedestrian network enriched with ameniti