Gender equality through sustainable transport policy
Bangladesh needs to improve women's health, security, convenience, and financial independence, particularly regarding urban mobility. An inefficient and unaffordable urban transport system limits women's access to better job opportunities, hindering their personal growth. This study aims to achieve sustainable development in women's mobility. It attempts to identify the most preferred policy option among different hypothetical scenarios. The importance of different variables using a mixed-method approach is also analyzed. Discussion workshops and a hypothetical travel survey were conducted with low, middle, and high-income working and non-working women. The most preferred policy options were 'walk with the organized vendor,' 'living further away with better living standard,' 'subsidized public transport,' 'app-based private shuttle,' and then Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). Identifying these can help policymakers and transport planners to achieve sustainable transport options.
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- © 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
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Authors:
- Nasrin, Sharmin
- Bunker, Jonathan
- 0000-0002-4120-235X
- Publication Date: 2024-4
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 59-79
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Serial:
- Transport Policy
- Volume: 149
- Issue Number: 0
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0967-070X
- Serial URL: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/issn/096707X
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Economic factors; Females; Sustainable development; Transportation policy; Urban transportation
- Geographic Terms: Bangladesh
- Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Policy; Public Transportation; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01908035
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Feb 14 2024 9:15AM