Research on Women's Issues in Transportation, Volume 1: Conference Overview and Plenary Papers (2006) / Chapter Skim
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51 Women's Issues in Transportation Policy and Planning Michael D Meyer, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology Trip-making behavior is influenced by a variety offactors, including the demographic characteristicsand lifestyle choices of the traveler as well as factors associated with the transportation system itself.
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methods that are used to determine the consequences of alternative courses of action but also the data sources that are necessary as input into these methods. Analysis leads into the evaluation process, which synthesizes the analysis results and produces an assessment of which actions are better than others.
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What are the important women-related transportation issues identified by these and other authors? In general terms, they include the following: • Activity- and temporally oriented analysis that often misses key factors related to women's transportation issues.
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These are just some of the questions that could be well served by research. This brief overview of the initial step in the planning framework leads to the following research questions and needs: • What do we know (and not know)
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• Which goals or policy arenas are most related to women's transportation issues? Do existing typical goals and objectives provide sufficient focus on such issues?
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allow the model to capture women's travel behavior much better than has been done in the past. Better Spatial Location Technologies Better spatial location technologies in combination with data collection methods will provide a major leap in the understanding of travel behavior.
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grams, projects, education strategies, additional studies, finance, and partnerships can all be possible outcomes of planning efforts. The important questions for this conference are, to what extent is women's transportation even recognized as an issue in these products?
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can go a long way toward providing the knowledge base for such action.
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