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http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/156976.aspx

Men and women have long had different travel patterns. However, there is increasing convergence in those travel patterns, at least at the aggregate level. Trends in women's and men's travel patterns over time are evaluated to determine whether comparable men and women have similar travel patterns. It is concluded that (a) women's and men's aggregate travel behavior is still far from equal on a number of measures whereas trends toward convergence may be slowing, (b) disaggregating behavior often reveals distinct differences between the sexes, and (c) so many potentially explanatory variables are tied to sex in society that it may not be relevant whether sex or other intensely gendered variables, such as household role or living alone in old age, explain differences between men and women. There is more than adequate justification for a focus on women's transportation issues and the need for continued research on the nature and expected duration of the travel differences between women and men to supply the information needed to make effective transportation and other policies.

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English

pp 7-28

2006

Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings

Conference on Research on Women's Issues in Transportation

0309099560

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Females; Males; Research; Transportation policy; Travel patterns; Trend (Statistics)

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB

Jun 23 2006 2:52PM

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