Registration Eligibility
TriMet staff only
Start Date
10/23/2019
End Date
10/23/2019
Description
Mobility – or one’s ability to get around – shapes the opportunities we can reach, and the way we interact in and with our communities. Although women comprise over half of all transit ridership in Los Angeles County, their mobility needs, concerns, and preferences have not been critically accounted for in the way our transportation systems are planned. As a result, women tend to bear outsized burdens and risks in the course of their daily travel.
Despite these conditions, women continue to make their way through a mobility environment that has not been designed with them in mind, navigating the transportation networks to get to school, to work, to run errands for and with their families. Many studies have shown that, in addition to the persistent gender wage gap, women pay more for goods and services than men. Transportation is no different. Across all modes, more women are making many trips (7 or more) per day than men and more women than men are not making any trips per day. This means women may experience more exposure to travel burdens (cost, stress, or safety risks), or may be more likely to be isolated or disconnected from the opportunities that travel affords.
In seeking to understand how women travel, Metro is taking an important first step towards easing the disproportionate efforts women put in to making the transportation system work for them.
Location
Portland, OR
Distance Learning
No
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Transportation
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.0
Learning Outcomes
• understand the unique and diverse mobility needs of women’s travel behaviors through a broad set of data, surveys, focus groups, workshops, and other public engagement
• understand the innovative methods that Public Transit agencies can use to create a transportation system that respond to specific needs of its female riders and remove existing barriers
• understand the next steps (policy, design, service improvements, other investments) that LA Metro is considering to improve transit service and travel experience
Instructors
Chelsea Richer, Associate, Fehr & Peers
Course Codes
20191023
Provider
TriMet