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TRB’s Conference Proceedings 46: Women’s Issues in Transportation: Summary of the 4th International Conference, Volume 1: Conference Overview and Plenary Papers includes an overview of the October 2009 conference and six commissioned resource papers, including the two keynote presentations.

Women’s Issues in Transportation: Summary of the 4th International Conference, Volume 2: Technical Papers includes 27 full peer-reviewed papers that were presented at the October 2009 conference. The conference highlighted the latest research on changing demographics that affect transportation planning, programming, and policy making, as well as the latest research on crash and injury prevention for different segments of the female population. Special attention was given to pregnant and elderly transportation users, efforts to better address and increase women’s personal security when using various modes of transportation, and the impacts of extreme events such as hurricanes and earthquakes on women’s mobility and that of those for whom they are responsible.

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2011. Women’s Issues in Transportation: Summary of the 4th International Conference, Volume 1: Conference Overview and Plenary Papers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/22901.

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132 pages |  8.5 x 11 |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/22901
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Front Matter i-xiv
PART 1: CONFERENCE OVERVIEW 1-2
Introduction 3-4
PLENARY SESSION 1: Framing the Issues 5-6
PLENARY SESSION 2: Changing Demographics, Women s Travel Patterns, and Transportation Policy 7-8
BREAKOUT SESSION: Women s Travel Patterns and Behavior 9-10
BREAKOUT SESSION: Mobility and Safety Issues for Youth and Young Adults 11-12
BREAKOUT SESSION: Mobility Issues in Africa and Asia 13-14
BREAKOUT SESSION: Attitudes and Preferences 15-16
BREAKOUT SESSION: Gender Equality and Equity Issues 17-18
BREAKOUT SESSION: Gender Equality in Transportation in Sweden 19-20
PLENARY SESSION 3: International Industry Leaders Panel 21-22
PLENARY SESSION 4: Women s Transportation Safety and Personal Security 23-24
BREAKOUT SESSION: Older Women s Safe Mobility 25-27
BREAKOUT SESSION: Personal Security Issues 28-29
BREAKOUT SESSION: Driver Behavior and Crashes 30-32
BREAKOUT SESSION: Extreme Events: Mobility and Safety Issues for Women and Children in Times of Crisis 33-34
PLENARY SESSION 5: Effects of Gender on Mobility 35-36
PLENARY SESSION 6: Where Do We Go from Here?: Constructing a Research Agenda 37-37
POSTSCRIPT: Looking to the Future 38-38
PART 2: PLENARY PAPERS 39-40
Women s Travel Issues: Creating Knowledge, Improving Policy, and Making Change 41-49
Gender, Poverty, and Transportation in the Developing World 50-62
Women s Travel in Developed and Developing Countries: Two Versions of the Same Story? 63-77
Her Money or Her Time: A Gendered View of Contemporary Transport Policy 78-93
Road User Safety: Women s Issues 94-102
What Is Blocking Her Path?: Women, Mobility, and Security 103-122
APPENDICES 123-124
APPENDIX A: Technical Papers in Volume 2 125-126
APPENDIX B: Special Workshop on the History of Women in Transportation: How Can We Plan for the Future If We Don t Understand the Past? 127-127
Appendix C: Poster Session 128-132

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