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Find a Ride listing on our website, www.FLsams.org/
FindaRide.htm). Remember to include buses, family
and friends, volunteer driver programs, senior centers,
or other resources from this guide. The last piece of
the plan will be to see whether it is possible for you
to safely walk there and back. Make sure that your
routes have sidewalks in good repair. You should also
consider how many streets you will need to cross, how
wide the crossing is, and whether you would feel safe
walking to your destination. Taking all these things into
consideration will be a great start for planning your
retirement from driving.

How to Choose Your Lifelong Community

Many community features contribute to a rewarding,
healthy, and mobile life as you grow older or age in

place. It is especially important to take these into
consideration as you approach your retirement years or
begin to experience personal mobility issues.

To help you determine whether a community has the
features you need to remain independent, mobile, and
active the Safe Mobility for Life Coalition has developed
a How to Choose Your Lifelong Community
Checklist. By completing this checklist,
you will learn how well a community

meets your mobility needs to help you
successfully age in place.

For a free copy of the checklist, please
contact our Safe Mobility for Life Resource
Center*. To help you find a lifelong community in
Florida, visit www.FLsams.org/AgingInPlace.htm.

*Contact found on page 80 of the Appendix 51