Women's Issues in Transportation: Summary of the 4th International Conference. Volume 2: Technical Papers
This volume includes 27 full peer-reviewed papers that were presented at the October 2009 conference. The conference highlighted the latest research on changing demographics that affect transportation planning, programming, and policy making as well as the latest research on crash and injury prevention for different segments of the female population. Special attention was given to pregnant and elderly transportation users, efforts to better address and increase women’s personal security when using various modes of transportation, and the impacts of extreme events such as hurricanes and earthquakes on women’s mobility and that of those for whom they are responsible.
- Record URL:
-
-
Availability:
- Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/Womens_Issues_in_Transportation_Summary_of_the_4th_165294.aspx
-
Conference:
- 4th International Conference on Women's Issues in Transportation
- Location: Irvine California, United States
- Date: 2009-10-27 to 2009-10-30
- Publication Date: 2011
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 298p
-
Serial:
- Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings
- Volume: 2
- Issue Number: 46
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 1073-1652
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aged; Crash injury research; Demographics; Disasters and emergency operations; Equity; Females; Mobility; Policy making; Pregnant women; Programming (Planning); Safety and security; Tolls; Transportation planning
- Uncontrolled Terms: Gender inequality
- Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01339628
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9780309160834
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: May 11 2011 2:20PM