ST08. WOMEN & TRANSPORT
(updated: March 2, 2006 )

• Detailed Topic Index / Main Planning bibliographies Index
• SUT Contacts / SUT Websites
  
  See also the Sustainable Urban Travel index, Structure Planning, Local planning, UDPs and in particular:-
• Air transp., Buses, Car-free cities & neighbourhoods, Car-sharing, Children & transp., Cycling,
  Disabled people & transp., Environmental impact & assessment of transp., Freight, Home Zones,
  IT & transp./telematics, Land use plg. & transp., Light rapid transit (LRT)/trams,
  Local transp. funding, Motorcycles, Motor vehicles & pollution/Clear Zones, Multi-modal studies,
  N. American ST, (other) Euro. ST, Park & ride, Parking policy, Public transp., Pub. transp. interchanges,
  Railways, Retailing leisure & transp., Road pricing & congestion charging, Road safety, Roads,
  Safe routes to sch., ST (gen.), Taxis, Third World ST, Traffic-calming, Traffic reduction & traffic restraint,
  Transp. & economic dev., Transp. & equity, Transp. & health, Transp. & older people,
  Transp. demand management & travel plans, Travel behaviour & awareness,
  Underground/Metro Railways, Walking, Waterways & canal transp.
• and also:
• Central gov. / Local gov. in the Central & Local Gov context for planning bibliography
• Crime, social safety & plg. in the Urban Regeneration bibliography
• Development Plans: (Regional plg. / Structure plg. / LDDs & LDFs / Local plg. / Unitary Dev. Plans (UDPs),
• Horse-riding / Recreation & leisure plg. / Rights of way / Rural social exclusion / Rural transp. /
  Women in rural areas in the Countryside Planning bibliography
• Plg. aid / Plg. conditions / Plg. consultancy / Plg. enforcement / Plg. implementation / Urban Design in
  the Effectiveness of Planning etc. bib'y
• Women & the environment in the Sustainable Development (Green Issues in Planning) bibliography
• Women, hsg. & plg. in the Local Planning bibliography
• N.B. also the RTPI library catalogue on the web - go to http://www.rtpi.org.uk - then to library se
  
  and these websites, etc.:
• Department for Transport (DfT) Womens' Transport Newsletter: http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_control/documents/contentservertemplate/dft_index.hcst?n=12080&l=2
• Gender, Place and Culture - A Journal of Feminist Geography (Carfax Publishing / Taylor & Francis Group
• Public transport gender audit at: http://www.detr.gov.uk
• Research on Women's Issues in Transportation Conference - November 18-20 2004 - Chicago: http://www.trb.org/Conferences/Women/
• The Traveling Woman (US): http://www.travelingsafe.com/
• Women and Transport (University of East London Transport Studies Unit for DETR Gender Audit)
  website at: http://www.women-and-transport.net
• Women’s Transport Network (sponsored by the Department for Transport): http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_mobility/documents/page/dft_mobility_506791.hcsp

OFL = Ordered for Library - see University Library catalogue for latest on availability:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/library/
* indicates most useful and/or up to date references

Automobile Association, 1993, 'Women and Cars', AA, Basingstoke, Hampshire.

Barlow, C & Hanlon, S (eds), 1995, 'Women on the Move: Conference Proceedings', TransAdelaide, Adelaide.

Basford, Lynn, 2002, 'Women's Wheel Attitudes! Cyclists', Velo City '01 Conference, Edinburgh, Glasgow, September 2001, available on the Conference Proceedings CD, funded by the Scottish Executive and distributed by Spokes, Edinburgh, tel. +44 131 313 2114, email: spokes@spokes.org.uk ISBN 0 9507319 7 8 Y, £10.00 including postage & packing.

Bauhardt, C, 1995, 'Stadtenwicklung und Verkehrspolitik. Eine Analyse aus feministischer Sicht' (Town planning and traffic policy: an analysise from a feminist perspective), in Stadtentwicklung aus Frauensicht - in Wollman, H (ed), 1995, 'Stadtforschung aktuell' 54, Birkhaueser, Basel, Boston, Berlin.

Bryceson, D & Howe, J, 1992, 'African Rural Households and Transport: Reducing the Burden of Women',. IHE Working Paper IP-2, Delft, The Netherlands.

Button, Kenneth & Hensher, D.A, (eds) 2001, 'Handbook of Transport Systems and Traffic Control', Pergamon, ISBN 0-08-043595-5, http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/isbn/0-08-043595-5

Cancer Research UK Race for Life & Tesco, 2003, 'Womens' health and physical activity', (?exact title), http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/press/pressreleases/42440

Davis, Robert, 2001, 'Twisted Logic in the upside-down world of 'road safety' ideology: A case study of 'The Safety & Security issues of Women drivers & passengers', World Transport Policy & Practice, 7 (2), and at http://www.ecoplan.org/wtpp/wt_index.htm

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR), 2000, 'Women and Public Transport', (former) DETR, tel. (0870) 122 6236, April

Dickinson, J.E; Kingham, S. Copsey, S;. Hougie, D.J.P, 2002, 'Employer travel plans, cycling and gender: will travel plan measures improve the outlook for cycling to work in the UK?', Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 8 (1), January, pp53-67
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Dobbs, L, 2005, 'Wedded to the car: women, employment and the importance of private Transport', Transport Policy 12 (3), M\ay, pp 266-278
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Dunning, Jacqui, 1997, 'Rising car ownership among women and the elderly continues to fuel growth in travel demand', Local Transport Today, 3.1.97.

Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC)
- website: http://www.eoc.org.uk
'Research paper on gender equality in transport', 2005, http://www.eoc.org.uk/Default.aspx?page=15570&lang=en.
'Gender Equality Duty Draft Code of Practice Great Britain', February 2006, at http://www.lttonline.co.uk/report_link.php?uid=1023
'Gender Equality Duty Draft Code of Practice Scotland', February 2006, at: http://www.lttonline.co.uk/report_link.php?uid=1024

Fair Play North East Ltd., 1999, 'Women and Transport in the North East of England', 'The Whole Journey Concept', Fair Play North East Ltd., c/o County Durham TEC, Horndale Avenue, Aycliffe Industrial Park, Newston Aycliffe, County Durham DL5 6XS, tel. (01325) 372602, fax. (01325) 3744010, July

Fernando, Priyanthi & Porter, Gina (co-editors), 2002, 'Balancing the Load: Women, Gender and Transport', Published in association with the International Forum for Rural Transport and Development, Zed Books, London. ISBN 1 85649 981 2 (Hb) / 1 85649 982 0 (pb)

Granzow, Lone, 2002, 'Women and cycling - potentials and possibilities', Velo City '01 Conference, Edinburgh, Glasgow, September 2001, available on the Conference Proceedings CD, funded by the Scottish Executive and distributed by Spokes, Edinburgh, tel. +44 131 313 2114, email: spokes@spokes.org.uk ISBN 0 9507319 7 8 Y, £10.00 including postage & packing.

Greater London Council (former), 1985, 'Women on the Move: GLC survey on Women and Transport', (former) GLC Womens' Committee, London.

Greater Manchester Transport Resources Unit, 1992, 'Women's Transport Charter', GMTRU, Manchester.

Greene, Anne-Marie, (ed), 2004, 'Space for Gender Action: Industrial Relations, transport and electronic activism', Ashgate, Aldershot, Hampshire, ISBN 0 7546 3182 6

Grieco, Margaret; Pickup, Laurie & Whipp, Richard, 1989, 'Gender and Transport: Employment and the Impact of Travel Constraints', Avebury, Aldershot, Hampshire. HD6137.G7
Grieco, Margaret; Apt, Nana &Turner, Jeff, 1996, 'At Christmas and on Rainy Days: Transport, travel and the female traders of Accra', Ashgate, Aldershot, Hampshire, ISBN 1 85972 172 9.

Hallsworth, A, Tolley, R.S & Lumsdon L.M., 1997, 'Gender differences in attitudes towwards walking - a survey of British University undergraduates', CAST Working Paper 9701, Staffordshire University, Stoke on Trent.

Hajinikitas, Contessa, 2002, 'Women and Cycling - Determinants and Deterrents', Velo City '01 Conference, Edinburgh, Glasgow, September 2001, available on the Conference Proceedings CD, funded by the Scottish Executive and distributed by Spokes, Edinburgh, tel. +44 131 313 2114, email: spokes@spokes.org.uk ISBN 0 9507319 7 8 Y, £10.00 including postage & packing.

Hamilton, K & Gregory, A, 1989, 'Women, transport and health', Autodestruction (special issue of Radical Community Medicine) 38, pp10-13.
Hamilton, Kerry; Jenkins, Linda; Gregory, Abigail, 1991, 'Women and Transport: Bus Degulation in West Yorkshire', University of Bradford. HE243.H2
Hamilton, Kerry, 1992, 'Women and transport' in Roberts, John (ed.), 'Travel sickness; the need for a sustainable transport policy for Britain', Lawrence & Wishart.
Hamilton, Kerry, 1999, 'Women and transport - disadvantage and the gender divide', Town and Country Planning 68 (10), October.
Hamilton, Kerry; Ryley Hoyle, S & Jenkins, Linda, 1999, 'The Public Transport Gender Audit: the Research Report', Transport Studies, University of East London
Hamilton, Kerry; Jenkins, Linda, 2000, 'A Gender Audit for Public Transport: A New Policy Tool in the Tackling of Social Exclusion', (Carfax Publishing / Taylor and Francis) Urban Studies 37 (10).

Hill, Rosalie, 1996, 'Women and Transport', Chapter 9 in Booth, Chris et al. (eds.), 'Changing Places: Womens' Lives in the City', Paul Chapman, London.

Howe, John & Bryceson, D.F, 1993, 'Rural household transport in Africa: reducing the burden on African women?', World Development 21 (11), pp1715-1728.

Jarvis, Helen, 2003, 'Negotiating Flexibility in Working Families', University of Newcastle upon Tyne / Economic & Social Research Council, Swindon, Wiltshire, tel. (01793) 413122, June.

Keith, L, 1992, 'Who cares wins? Women, caring and disability', Disability, Handicap and Society 7, pp167-175.

Ledbury, Matthew, 2005, 'Growth of female travel helps average distance travelled continue to rise' (discussion of latest statistic on personal travel from the National Travel Survey), Local Transport Today 417, 12.5.05, p9

Lehner-Lierz, Ursula, 1997, 'The Role of Cycling for Women', Chapter 5 in Rodney Tolley (ed.), 'The Greening of Urban Transport: Planning for Walking and Cycling in Western Cities' (second edition), John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, Sussex (OFL).
Lehner-Lierz, Ursula, 2003, 'The role of cycling for women', Chapter 10 in Tolley, Rodney (ed.). 2003, 'Sustainable transport: Planning for walking and cycling in urban environments', Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge. ISBN 1 85573 614 43 (HE152.6.E6.S8)

Little, Jo, 1994, 'Gender, Planning and the Policy Process', Chapter 6: Accessibility and Transport, Pergamon, London.

London Analytics, 2005, 'Cycling, Gender and Critical Mass: do high cycle flows correlate with a high proportion of female cyclists?', http://www.londonanalytics.info/research-journal/issue1

London Research Centre, 1998, 'Womens' Travel in London', LRC, July.

Lynch, G & Atkins, S, 1988, 'The influence of personal security fears of womens' travel patterns', Transportation 15, pp257-277

Manson, JoAnn; Greenland, Greenland; La Croix, Andrea Z; Stefanick, Marcia L; Mouton, Charles P; Oberman, Albert; Pern, Michael G; Sheps, David S. Sheps; Pettinger, Mary S & Siscovick, David, S, 2002, 'Walking compared with vigorous exercise for the prevention of cardiovascular events in women', New England Journal of Medicine, Vol.347:716-725 September 5, 2002 Number 10 , abstract: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/347/10/716
Manson, J.E et al, 2002, 'Walking compared with vigorous exercise for the prevention of cardiovascular events in women', New England Journal of Medicine 347, pp716-715.

Oakley, A, 2002, 'Gender on planet earth', Polity, Cambridge.

Ohlenschlager, Susan, 1990, 'Women also travel', in Trench, S & Oc, T (eds.), 1990, 'current Issues in Planning', Gower, Aldershot, Hampshire.

Overton, K, & Zambeze, A, 1997, 'Case study of bicycle project in Mozambique', Part of ITDG project 'Development of guidelines for dealing with gender issues in transport', ITDG (Intermediate Technology Development Groups), London.

Pickup, L, 1988, 'Hard to get around: a study of womens' travel mobility' in Little, J; Peake, L & Richardson, P (eds), 1988, 'Women in Cities: Gender and the Urban Environment', New York University Press, New York.

Pilz, Cosima, 2002, 'Female approaches to cycling citing the case history of COMET', Velo City '01 Conference, Edinburgh, Glasgow, September 2001, available on the Conference Proceedings CD, funded by the Scottish Executive and distributed by Spokes, Edinburgh, tel. +44 131 313 2114, email: spokes@spokes.org.uk ISBN 0 9507319 7 8 Y, £10.00 including postage & packing.

Polk, Merritt, 2003, 'Gender equality & transport policy in Sweden', World Transport Policy & Practice", 9 (4), at http://www.eco-logica.co.uk/WTPPhome.html

Raje, F, 2002, 'Road user charging, workplace parking levies and social inclusion/exclusion, gender, ethnicity and lifestyle perspectives', Transport Studies Unit, Oxford University, Oxford

Rao, Nitya, 1995, 'Mobility for rural women: A cycling campaign in South India', Article written as a case study for inclusion in UNIFEM Rural Transport Sourcebook, available from ILO/ASIST, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa.

Root, Amanda; Schintler, Laurie; Button, Kenneth, 2000, 'Women, travel and the idea of 'sustainable transport', (Taylor and Francis Ltd) Transport Reviews 20 (3).

Sainath, P., 1995, 'Where there is a wheel: The humble bicycle has freed over 100,000 rural women in Tamil Nadu', Humanscape, July, available from ILO/ASIST, Nairobi.

Seedat, M; Mackenzie, S; Mohan, D, 2006, ‘The phenomenology of being a female pedestrian in an African and an Asian city: A qualitative investigation’, Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behaviour 9 (2), pp139-153,
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Siren, A; Hakamies-Blomqvist, L, 2005, 'Sense and sensibility. A narrative study of older women's car driving', Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behaviour, 8 (3), May, pp213-228
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Soroptimist International (South East Branch), 1997, ‘Rail travellers and personal safety: womens’ perspectives’, SI of SE England, 328 Lumsford Lane, Larkfield, Kent, ME20 6HX.

Stete, G, 1995, 'Frauen unterwegs' (Women travelling), Internationales Verkehrswesen 47, pp25-42.

The Scottish Executive, Edinburgh
- website: http://www.scotland.gov.uk
'Women in Transport: Moving Forward', November 2000, and at http://www.scotland.gov.uk
'Women in Transport: Guidance and Checklist', July 2002, and at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/transport/watg.pdf
'Scottish Household Survey 2001' (includes survey information of women's' fears of walking in the evening), November 2002, http://www.scotland.gov.uk/pages/news/2002/11/SESJ076.aspx

Trench, Sylvia; Oc, Taner; Tiesdell, Steven, 1992, 'Safer cities for women - perceived risks and planning measures', Town Planning Review 63, , pp279-296.

Urasa, Irene, 1990, 'Women and rural transport: An assessment of their role in sub-Saharan Africa', Rural Travel and Transport Project, SSATP, International Labour Organisation, Geneva.

van der Kloof, Angela, 2002, 'Cycling as a means of integration and emancipation for foreign women in the Netherlands', Velo City '01 Conference, Edinburgh, Glasgow, September 2001, available on the Conference Proceedings CD, funded by the Scottish Executive and distributed by Spokes, Edinburgh, tel. +44 131 313 2114, email: spokes@spokes.org.uk ISBN 0 9507319 7 8 Y..

Tolley, Rodney (ed.). 2003, 'Sustainable transport: Planning for walking and cycling in urban environments', Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge. ISBN 1 85573 614 43 (OFL on 21.2.03)

TransAdelaide (ed.), 1995, 'On the Move: Debating the Issues that Affect Women and Public Transport', Conference Proceedings, TransAdelaide, Australia.

Turner, J & Grieco, M, 2000, 'Research Note - Gender and Time Poverty: The Neglected Social Policy Implications of Gendered Time, Transport and Travel', Time and Society 9 (1), pp129-136.

*UK Government Women and Equality Unit, 2003, 'Delivering on Gender Equality', June, http://www.womenandequalityunit.gov.uk/research/Delivering_on_Gender.pdf

Van der Kloof, Angela, 2003, 'Breaking out by bike: cycling courses as a means of integration and emancipation', Chapter 49 in Tolley, Rodney (ed.). 2003, 'Sustainable transport: Planning for walking and cycling in urban environments', Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge. ISBN 1 85573 614 43 (HE152.6.E6.S8)

Verkehrsclub Österreich, 1996, 'Frauen und Mobilität', (Women and mobility), VCÖ, Vienna, Austria, fax. +43 1 893 2431.

Wenban-Smith, Jessica, 1998, ‘Transport for real lives’, Transport Retort (Transport 2000), July.

Weuve, et al, 2004, 'Physical Activity, Including Walking, and Cognitive Function in Older Women', The Journal of the American Medical Association 292, and at http://www.activetravel.org.uk

Womens' Transport Charter, 1992, 'Greater Manchester Transport Resources Unit, Manchester.

Woodcock, Andree; Lenard, James & Welsh, Ruth, 2001, 'The Safety and Security issues of Women drivers and passengers', Journal of World Transport Policy & Practice, 7 (1), and at http://www.ecoplan.org/wtpp/wt_index.htm as

Womens' Action Centre Against Violence, 1996, 'Safety Audit Guide', WAC, Ottawa, tel. +1 613 241 5414

Zauke, Gabi & Spitzner, Meike, 1997, 'Freedom of movement for women: Feminist approaches to traffic reduction and a more ecological transport science', World Transport Policy and Practice 3 (2).

• Detailed Topic Index / Main Planning bibliographies Index
• SUT Contacts / SUT Websites
• Index of the Sustainable Urban Travel bibliographies