Changes in gendered mobility patterns in the context of the Great Recession (2007–2012)

Maciejewska, Martyna; Marquet, Oriol; Miralles‐Guasch, Carme

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2019.102478

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“…In light of the aforementioned 'car peak' debate, our findings support a long-term growth in private transport usage with temporary interruptions due to economic circumstances, such as the Great Recession of 2007 [10,32]. While previous studies had found that male mobility became less car dependent and approached female normative travel behavior after the economic crises [18], our results suggest that male normative mobility patterns have remerged 10 years after the crisis. However, the evolution of gendered mobilities was not homogenous across the BMR, in that, whereas the travel gender gap diverged in Barcelona, this study found a tendency towards gender convergence in the first and second metropolitan rings.…”

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confidence: 67%

“…The survey collects questions about all trips conducted on the weekday before the interview, which are complemented with interviewee data and household characteristics. The EMEF database has been extensively used in previous research [18,32,35,36] and complete methodological details can be found elsewhere [37].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Studies focused on general travel patterns observed that women tend to drive shorter distances than men [12], although accounting for longer travel times [8,14]. Women also tend to travel less by car and more by public transportation [5,15,16] and have more trip-chaining and personal-trip behavior than men [17][18][19]. Previous research has attributed the mobility gender gap to gendered power relations [20,21], traditional gender roles [22,23], or gendered car culture [7,24].…”

Section: Gendered Mobilitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Since male travel patterns have been reported to be more carbon dependent [4,25], if the convergence of travel behaviors occurs by accepting and reproducing male mobility norms, an increase in gender equality would conflict with sustainability goals [2]. Therefore, [2,18] suggest that in order to change gender relations and achieve climate objectives, it is necessary to challenge the male norms that are currently dominant in the mobility sector.…”

Section: Gendered Mobilitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Recent historical events, such as the Great Recession of 2007, also impacted gendered mobility trends by shrinking the gender gap. Automobility levels dropped at a higher rate for men than for women, hence contributing to gender convergence [18,32]. Nonetheless, the long-term effects of such events in both automobility levels and gendered mobilities remain unclear.…”

Section: Generational and Gendered Mobility Trendsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Urban mobility is currently undergoing significant changes in cities worldwide, as gendered mobilities are converging and automobility is on a downward trend among younger cohorts. The aim of this study was to examine the dynamics of gendered mobilities over generations and across three different urban contexts in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region (northeast Spain), in an effort to understand whether the mobility gender gap is closing and whether young adults have lowered their private transport levels. Generalized linear models were built to analyze travel survey data from the Working Day Mobility Survey (EMEF) to comprehend mobility changes between 2008 and 2018. The study identified a generational countertrend among new generations of young adults, who reported more sustainable mobility practices than their predecessors. Furthermore, results show a general trend towards gender convergence of travel behavior on the outskirts of the Barcelona Metropolitan Region, but also a tendency towards gender divergence in the core area of Barcelona City. Since the mobility gender gap is closer to convergence in those areas where private transport use is more widespread, future efforts towards achieving climate objectives should aim at decoupling such gender convergence from car-dependent built environments.

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Scholars have highlighted drastic reductions in daily mobility during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. But what happened when restrictions were relaxed though risk remained ubiquitous? How did patterns of mobility change and how were they structured by socioeconomic resources and social roles? We address these questions using a cross-sectional representative sample (n = 2942) of the population of Andalusia, Spain, after a month and a half of severe lockdown in 2020.We find that older people were the least mobile group and that people living with children and in extended households were less likely to move to take care of others, unlike before the pandemic. Men were more likely to carry out daily mobilities for which women had been traditionally responsible, such as care mobilities. Women were also more likely to be immobile and less likely to commute. Finally, manual and nonqualified workers were more likely to commute, but they were just as likely as any other group to carry out other types of mobility. These results highlight the social character of mobility in a unique context. We emphasize the need to disaggregate daily mobility based on different purposes as well analysing how these are practised by different sociodemographic groups if we want to provide rigorous descriptions of a core component of individuals' daily life.

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Changes in gendered mobility patterns in the context of the Great Recession (2007–2012)

Cited by 31 publications

References 41 publications

Gender and Age Differences in Metropolitan Car Use. Recent Gender Gap Trends in Private Transport

Gender and Age Differences in Metropolitan Car Use. Recent Gender Gap Trends in Private Transport

Unique times, unequal mobilities: Daily mobility during the de‐escalation of the COVID‐19 pandemic

Urban and Social Policies: Gender Gap for the Borderless Cities

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