Travel around Ipoh is definitely not a problem. Ipoh is not really huge, you can travel around by car, taxi, buses or even bicycle if you don't mind. But travel around Ipoh with bicycle is not recommended of course, because of the hot sun and also rainy days.
Of course for retire people, if you are tired of driving for so many years already, or your body condition doesn't allowed you drive anymore, this is not a big problem, so no worries. In Ipoh, you can travel around with PerakTransit (Ipoh City Tour Bus) But the problem is that you have to spend some time on waiting the bus. Perak Transit is the company that run this bus service. PerakTransit is air-conditioned bus and handicapped-friendly.
Let's travel around with PerakTransit!