Abstract
Purpose This paper aims to examine the gender differences in various measures of travel behavior for a large-sized Indian city, taking into account the existing class differences. Design/methodology/approach Stratified random sampling technique is used to collect primary data for travel behavior. The collected data is then differentiated on the basis of socioeconomic characteristics and gender. Descriptive statistics are used for analysis. Findings The findings confirm that, women mostly walk and men use motorized vehicles. With an improvement in socioeconomic status, women switch over to public transport and men continue to ride motorized vehicles. While the number of women making everyday trips declines with a rise in socioeconomic status, the number of men rises. Research limitations/implications The study points out at the need for development of an adequate infrastructure of nonmotorized transport and public transport in the city which attends to not only the issue of environmental quality but also of women’s empowerment. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first time a comprehensive analysis of differences in travel behavior between men and women on the basis of socioeconomic status is carried out in this region. This analysis will facilitate the policy makers in understanding the inconsistencies in transport demand between the two groups of population.
Highlights
Mobility is pivotal to women’s empowerment (Mahadevia, 2015)
This study aims to examine the gender disparities in travel behavior amid different socioeconomic classes in a large-sized Indian city
The objective of this paper is to explore gender disparities in measures of travel behavior segregated on the basis of different socioeconomic groups in a developing country city; and to examine gender differences in share of various modes of transport in different distance categories
Summary
Mobility is pivotal to women’s empowerment (Mahadevia, 2015). It helps women in accessing opportunities and challenges restrictions imposed by all-pervading patriarchy. A lack of affordable and convenient transport option is a big turn down in achieving these goals. In India, where two-wheelers frame an important constituent of privately owned vehicles, there are far few women users of them (Mahadevia and Advani, 2016). Around the globe, display a similar low transport demand and thereby contribute much lower to environmental footprint than men (Xiao and McCright, 2015). Share a bilateral relationship (Hanson, 2010)
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