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http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP35v2.pdf

The visible impact of urban transportation is in access to employment. However, transportation also affects access to other services such as shopping and social service facilities. Past research in Chennai, a large city in India, indicates that the relocation of the very poor in peripheral informal settlements severely affects their accessibility to jobs and services because of the commuting distances involved when employment opportunities continue to remain highly centralized. In this study an attempt was made to understand the influence of relative location within the city on travel behavior by using a sample of 116 low-income households from a variety of locations in Chennai. In particular, the travel behavior of women as affected by location was assessed. Models estimated to determine the influence of location characteristics on household travel behavior indicate that availability of transportation choices did affect the travel behavior of women even after differences in their life-cycle stage are accounted for. Recently, Chennai has been investing heavily in rail for public transportation without estimating current travel demand by spatial location within the city. The implications of this policy for integrated land use and transportation planning are especially pertinent in this context.

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pp 4-13

2005

Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings

Conference on Research on Women's Issues in Transportation

0309093945

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Access; Females; Jobs; Land use; Low income groups; Rail transit; Residential location; Shopping facilities; Social service; Transportation planning; Transportation policy; Travel behavior; Travel demand

Chennai (India)

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

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