The impacts of rail transit on the lives and travel experiences of women in the developing world: Evidence from the Delhi Metro

Gopal, Kavya; Shin, Eun Jin

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2019.01.008

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“…Another example also shows the influence of national (or regional) gender norms, transportation systems, and globalization. In a study of the metro system in Delhi, interviewees told the researchers that men were more respectful toward women in the metro (Level 2) than other transit systems in the city because the metro was specifically constructed based on Western ideas of modernity, which they perceived to include gender equity (Level 4; Gopal and Shin 2019). While it is well-known that transit system design can affect gender equity, this literature tells us that Complete Streets will need to develop a broad cultural awareness of gender norms in society and at multiple scales in the transportation system.…”

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Toward a Gender-Inclusive Complete Streets Movement

McAndrews

Schneider

Yang

et al. 2022

Journal of Planning Literature

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Research offers ample insights into how people of different genders could experience transportation systems in equitable ways, but gender equity is still not part of mainstream transportation practice. We propose that Complete Streets could serve as an implementation system to advance gender equity. We provide empirical information, gender concepts, and regional cases from literatures on gender and transportation, multimodal travel, and public space to support this call to action. We find that a gender-aware Complete Streets movement would: 1) implement gender-specific tools and data; 2) address social environments and infrastructure; and 3) establish a gender-inclusive agenda to reform transportation policy.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Toward a Gender-Inclusive Complete Streets Movement

McAndrews

Schneider

Yang

et al. 2022

Journal of Planning Literature

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“…The reviewed studies constantly highlight a contrast between the commonly high governmental awareness of the problem and the scarcity of actions to enhance women’s safety and security in transport [ 58 , 71 ]. Overall, previous public health and policy responses tend to encourage moving beyond individual-level approaches, considering how structural and interpersonal levels of violence (mediated by typically gendered power relations) are deeply related to harassment outcomes [ 19 ].…”

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Invasion of privacy or structural violence? Harassment against women in public transport environments: A systematic review

Useche,

Colomer,

Alonso

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Background Despite being neglected for several decades, and in many countries, public transport environments have transformed into a reflection of social disparities and inequalities. Among these issues, harassment–a pervasive and worldwide gendered dynamic–has been demonstrated to negatively impact women’s behavioral trends, daily opportunities, and health impacts, as well as safety and security outcomes. Aim This systematic review aimed to examine a set of studies analyzing harassment against women in public transport environments, with a focus on key issues such as its prevalence, impact on transport dynamics, preventive strategies, and policing avenues documented in the scientific literature. Method A total of 575 indexed articles were filtered using the PRISMA methodology, resulting in a final selection of 28 original articles directly addressing the issue up to December 2023. Search strategies were developed and implemented across WOS, Scopus, NCBI, Google Scholar, and APA databases. Results Besides high frequency, widespread underreporting, and adverse effects on women’s safety, this review has identified correlations between harassment and travel behavioral adaptations. Furthermore, it reveals a noticeable disparity between the existing measures and those perceived as more effective by potential victims. These findings underscore the pressing need to listen to and promote the inclusion of women in decision-making regarding transport affairs. Conclusion The findings of this systematic review suggest that, despite a slightly limited body of research, the impact of transport harassment on women’s health and welfare is consistently supported in the literature. In addition to being largely explained by existing inequalities rooted in social determinants, transit harassment further exacerbates gender gaps, gaining prospective importance for transport settings.

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“…They found that rail transit can be better marketed by highlighting its relative advantage over taxis in travel time and cost, especially for travel in certain directions and at certain times. Gopal and Shin (2019) revealed that the Delhi Metro provides a comparatively empowering and positive travel experience for women, mainly due to safety measures and women's relative sense of safety in transit compared with other public spaces. Urban rail transit can also alleviate urban diseases and promote sustainable and green urban development.…”

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Research on the impact of China’s urban rail transit on economic growth: Based on PSM-DID model

Xing-lei

Qian²,

Zhen-lei³

et al. 2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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By the end of 2020, 45 cities in the Chinese mainland operated 244 urban rail transit lines with a total length of 7,969.7 km, Urban rail transit in Chinese cities witnessed a steady growth both in operating scale and passenger traffic in 10 years. Recent studies have explored the environmental and social effects of urban rail transit; however lack in-depth discussion on economic growth. As a quasi-natural experiment, this paper empirically tests the effect of the opening of urban rail transit on urban economic growth based on the panel data of 286 prefecture-level cities in China from 2008 to 2020 and PSM-DID Model. Analysis results show that, rail transit drives urban economic growth. This effect has scale heterogeneity and regional heterogeneity. The findings of this study can provide a valuable reference for the government when it plans the layout of urban rail transit for construction.

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The impacts of rail transit on the lives and travel experiences of women in the developing world: Evidence from the Delhi Metro

Cited by 31 publications

References 38 publications

Toward a Gender-Inclusive Complete Streets Movement

Toward a Gender-Inclusive Complete Streets Movement

Invasion of privacy or structural violence? Harassment against women in public transport environments: A systematic review

Research on the impact of China’s urban rail transit on economic growth: Based on PSM-DID model

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