Women's Travel Issues
Proceedings from the Second National Conference

October 1996

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(37.4 KB) INTRODUCTION
I. OVERVIEW
(29.2 KB) Women's Labor Force Trends and Women's Transportation Issues
(188 KB) Trends in Women's Travel Patterns
(1.41 MB) Household, Gender, and Travel
(101 KB) Distance and Labor Force Participation: Implications for Urban and Rural Women
(63.7 KB) Women's Travel: Consequences and Opportunities
II. AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON WOMEN, TRAVEL, AND FREEDOM
(55 KB) The Automobile and Gender: An Historical Perspective
(49 KB) Farmers, Flivvers, and Family Life: The Impact of Motoring on Rural Women and Their Kin
III. WOMEN'S EMERGING TRAVEL PATTERNS
(262 KB) Trip-Chaining, Childcare, and Personal Safety: Critical Issues in Women's Travel Behavior
(458 KB) The Effect of Residential Accessibility to Employment on Men's and Women's Travel
(426 KB) Women's Travel to Innercity Employment
(692 KB) Swedish Men and Women's Mobility Pattern: Issues of Social Equity and Ecological Sustainability
(448 KB) The Urban Travel Behavior and Constraints of Low Income Households and Females in Pune, India
(742 KB) Household Structure and Mobility Patterns of Women in O-D Surveys: Methods and Results Based on the Case Studies of Montreal and Paris
IV. WOMEN, SPACE, AND PLACE
(70 KB) Run, Don't Walk: How Transportation Complicates Women's Balancing Act
(63 KB) Gender, Work, and Space in an Information Society
(66 KB) Women's Travel for Shopping in Traditional Neighborhoods: How Does a Woman's Role in the Household Affect Activity and Travel for Shopping?
(2.45 MB) Non-Work Travel of Women: Patterns, Perceptions and Preferences
V. GENDER, RACE AND ETHNICITY: TRANSPORTATION INTERACTIONS
(88.3 KB) Location, Race, and Labor Force Participation: Implications for Women of Color
(99.1 KB) Transportation and Minority Women's Employment: Insights from New York
(552 KB) Gender, Race, and Travel Behavior: An Analysis of Household-Serving Travel and Commuting in the San Francisco Bay Area
(788 KB) Is Shorter Better? Analysis of Gender, Race, and Industrial Segmentation in San Francisco Bay Area Commuting Patterns
VI. THE TRAVEL PATTERNS OF WOMEN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
(388 KB) The Mobility Consequences of the Reduction or Cessation of Driving by Older Women
(53.7 KB) The Transportation Needs of American Women in a Cross-Cultural Context
(276 KB) Household and Trip-Making Characteristics of Zero Vehicle Households in Northeast Illinois
VII. WOMEN'S SAFETY AND SECURITY ISSUES
(447 KB) Women, Alcohol, and Traffic Safety
(618 KB) Are Women Taking More Risks While Driving? A Look at Michigan Drivers
(334 KB) Differences Between Male and Female Involvement in Motor Vehicle Collisions in Hawaii, 1986-1993
(136 KB) The Risk of Ankle/Foot Fractures Among Women Drivers
(339 KB) Air Bags and Children: Results of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Special Investigation Into Actual Crashes
(61.3 KB) Women and Transit Security: A New Look at an Old Issue
VIII. WOMEN IN THE TRANSIT INDUSTRY
(78.5 KB) Perspective on Transit Industry Response to Increased Gender Awareness
(726 KB) Women in Transit: Findings from African-Americans, Other Minorities, and Women in the Transit Industry
(67.5 KB) Transport Education and Training: What is Valued? What is Needed?
(61.3 KB) Where Do Women Feature in Public Transport?
IX. TRANSPORTATION POLICY ISSUES WITH SPECIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR WOMEN
(43.1 KB) From Wooing Soccer Moms to Demonizing Welfare Mothers: A Legislative and Policy Context for Women's Travel
(242 KB) Linking Social Context with Transportation Planning
(678 KB) The Influence of Gender and Occupation on Individual Perceptions of Telecommuting
(345 KB) Behavioral Response to Congestion: Indentifying Patterns and Socioeconomic Differences in Adoption
(97.8 KB) Automobile Insurance Pricing: Operating Cost Versus Ownship Cost; the Implications for Women
(187 KB) Trip Reduction Incentives: Gender Differences and Policy Implications
Poster Session Abstracts: (7.48 KB)
(19.2 KB) Access to Public Transportation and Patterns of Career Development Among African-American Women
(19.6 KB) An Analysis of Trip Behaviour Patterns of Women in Developing Coutries: A Case Study of Puebla, Mexico
(18.8 KB) Measuring Women's Non-Work Transportation Needs in Urban Areas
(18.7 KB) Swedish National Travel Surveys
(20.8 KB) Temporal Changes in Gender-Based Travel on Florida's Commuter Rail System
(17.4 KB) Comparative Analysis of Travel Characteristics of Women and Men in the Baltimore Area
(21.6 KB) An Intercept Survey of Walking Along New Lots Avenue Prior to a Street Lighting Improvement
X. RESEARCH AGENDA (74.1 KB)