ABSTRACT
Some of the contributions in a special issue of Ageing & Society have drawn on the mobilities turn. Whether discussing fast mobilities, or the slower mobilities of walking, the contemporary mobilities literature tends to consider the relatively youthful mobile subject. The mobilities literature has given considerable attention to the experience of walking, but as with so much else, these experiences are of the younger mobile. In contrast, literature on transport and social gerontology does discuss walking, often in terms of the constraints placed by physical deterioration or by the environment. Recognition of the importance of maintaining connections and avoiding social isolation has triggered policy interventions directed at older adults. Older adults may have moved several, or many, times, and while earlier in life these residential moves may have presented as opportunities, relocations in later life will be influenced by a range of factors and may be emotionally disruptive.
