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The Cycling Gender Gap: What Can We Learn From Girls?, Jennifer Dill
The Cycling Gender Gap: What Can We Learn From Girls?, Jennifer Dill
PSU Transportation Seminars
In the U.S., women are far less likely to bicycle for transportation than men. Explanations include, among others, safety concerns (traffic and crime), complex travel patterns related to household responsibilities, time constraints, lack of facilities that feel safe, and attitudes. This talk will explore how this gender gap emerges in childhood, using data from the Family Activity Study. The study collected data from 300 Portland families (parents and children) over two years, allowing us to see how things change over time.
Cycling By Choice Or Necessity? Exploring The Gender Gap In Bicycling In Oregon, Patrick Allen Singleton
Cycling By Choice Or Necessity? Exploring The Gender Gap In Bicycling In Oregon, Patrick Allen Singleton
PSU Transportation Seminars
In Oregon, as elsewhere in the US, a greater percentage of men bicycle than women. This study illuminates the gender gap in bicycling by exploring differences in bicycling among women and men in Oregon. A one-day statewide travel survey of over 30,000 adults was examined. Comparisons between individual, household, and trip and activity characteristics for people grouped by gender (women vs. men) and bicycling (made a bicycle trip or normally commuted by bicycle vs. did not bicycle) were assessed using chi-squared tests of independence. Many significant differences were found. In particular, women living alone, not working, without a high-school degree, …