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

To evaluate how policy makers have applied gender equality in Swedish transport policy and practice, two studies are compiled. The first briefly summarizes how gender equality has been integrated into transport policy in Sweden from 1997 to 2002. The second addresses the practical integration of gender equality into the transportation sector. Results are presented from a study that focuses on differences between women's and men's experiences with road infrastructure; on preferences regarding different parts of the road system; and on the priority rankings of the different goals in the transportation sector such as accessibility, effectiveness, safety, regional development, and a good environment. Interviews were held with 47 experts, users, professional driving instructors, and inspectors. In general, women have a more cooperative approach to road system infrastructure and the problems therein, and men are more individualistic. However, there are also noteworthy differences among age, socioeconomic group, and residential location. This study is a first step toward gathering knowledge that can be used on a practical level to attain a more gender-equal transportation system in Sweden.

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English

pp 180-188

2005

Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings

Conference on Research on Women's Issues in Transportation

0309093945

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Accessibility; Age; Environment; Females; Gender; Highway facilities; Highway safety; Infrastructure; Interviewing; Males; Persons by socioeconomic levels; Regional development; Residential location; Transportation policy

Gender equality

Sweden

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

TRIS, TRB

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