Constraints to Women’s Use of Public Transport in Developing Countries, Part I : High Costs, Limited Access, and Lack of Comfort (English)

This brief, the first in a two-part series, provides an overview of the evidence on key features of women’s travel behavior and the barriers they face in accessing public transport in developing countries, including affordability, frequency, coverage, and comfort. Women make more frequent, shorter trips with more stops along the way to combine multiple tasks. In contrast, men follow direct and linear routes. These patterns have important implications...
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  • Borker,Girija;

  • 2022/08/02

  • Brief

  • 174675

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  • World,

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  • 2022/08/01

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  • Constraints to Women’s Use of Public Transport in Developing Countries, Part I : High Costs, Limited Access, and Lack of Comfort

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Borker,Girija.

Constraints to Women’s Use of Public Transport in Developing Countries, Part I : High Costs, Limited Access, and Lack of Comfort (English). Global Indicators Briefs;no. 9 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099550408012242045

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