Gender gap generators for bike share ridership: Evidence from Citi Bike system in New York City

Bike-sharing is one of the rapidly growing transport services around the world. This study aims to identify the factors that affect gender differences in bike share ridership. Using data from New York City's Citi Bike Share system, the authors investigate the environmental correlates of bike share usage for males and females. They also model the influences of bicycle facilities, land use factors, and public transit services on the share of trip arrivals made by females. The results suggest that the environmental correlates of bike share usage for males and females are broadly similar. However, the estimated magnitudes suggest that their variables of interest may influence males and females differently. For example, installing more bicycle racks are positively associated with bike share ridership for both genders. The authors further find that this factor affects women more than men. Specifically, a 1% increase in the number of bicycle racks is correlated with a 1.18% increment in the share of trips arrivals made by women. The findings can be used to assess the effectiveness of future infrastructure investments aimed at minimizing the gender gap in bike share usage. The findings also offer valuable insights into the ways of increasing the overall bike share ridership, thereby promoting local bicycling culture.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2019.02.003
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692318306045
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  • © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Wang, Kailai
  • 0000-0002-5597-6823
  • Akar, Gulsah
• Publication Date: 2019-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-9
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport Geography
  • Volume: 76
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0966-6923
  • Serial URL: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jtrangeo

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycle facilities; Bicycling; Cities; Gender; Land use; Logits; Public transit; Ridership; Vehicle sharing
• Identifier Terms: Citi Bike
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bicycle racks
• Geographic Terms: New York (New York)
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01702784
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 24 2019 9:33AM