
Welcome to MAP Lab!
Here you will find all the familiar activities of the Mobility, Activity, and Participation Lab. The Institute for Mobility, Activity, and Participation (I-MAP) has expanded and is now the Institute for Driving, Activity, Participation, and Technology (I-DAPT).
Events
STRIDE Webinar
Barriers & Facilitators of People with Disabilities in Accepting Autonomous Shared Mobility Services
May 3, 2023 12:00 PM
Sherrilene Classen, PhD, MPH, OTR/L, FAOTA, FGSA, University of Florida
Seung Woo Hwangbo, OTD, University of Florida
Transportation is important for people with disabilities to access healthcare, services, jobs, goods, community involvement, and societal participation.
The autonomous shuttle offers opportunities to increase community mobility options for people with disabilities, but this issue has not yet been studied via rigorous research.
In this webinar, we will share what we found in our study quantifying people with disabilities’ perceptions, values, beliefs, and attitudes before and after riding in an autonomous shuttle (Level 4, Society of Automotive Engineering).
We will also share our model of facilitators and barriers from data collected on people with disabilities (n=42), when compared to data from older drivers (n=51) and younger and middle-aged drivers (n=50).

Funded research
Leaders in the field

Recent News
UF Health gauges seniors’ opinions on…
Recently, local seniors lined up outside UF Health Precision Health Research in The Villages, eager to get inside an empty shuttle. None of them were…

New study examines older adults’ perceptions of…
OT researchers and partners have launched a new study to understand older adults’ perceptions and experiences with an autonomous shuttle.

Assessing Mobility Benefits of Autonomous Ride…
Dr. Sherrilene Classen and collaborators Dr. Vandeweerd, Dr. Stetten, Isabelle Wandenkolk and our Industry partner Mark Reid, have been awarded an…

Scholarly Activities
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Autonomous cars: Science, technology, and policy
An event from the Brookings Institution, the Mays Innovation Research Center at Texas A&M, and the Transportation Institute at the University of Florida.
