Gender Issues in Transport and Mobility

Dear Colleagues,

To prioritize climate protection, social justice, and safe mobility in public spaces, it is crucial to understand and consider different user groups. As gender is one of the strongest determinants for individual mode choices and daily trip chains, gender differences are still hardly considered when relevant decisions are made. Although the gender mobility gap has been researched for decades, many underlying reasons stay hidden and known issues do not find their way into mobility planning.

The gender mobility gap can only be overcome with gender-sensitive data and statistics, mobility innovations that include different perspectives on transport requirements, desires and needs and, finally, recommendations for policy measures to be included in mobility planning.

With this Special Issue, we are looking for contributions that advance the research of gender and mobility. We do not aim to re-discover the known gender mobility gap; we are especially looking for findings regarding unresearched fields and concepts to implement findings into the field of transport and mobility planning, offering policy recommendations. The topics are as follows:

• Differences in specific aspects of transport behaviour such as cycling, leisure activities and/or commuting;
• Addressing safety issues that occur because of the different physiologies of women and men;
• Gender-sensitive data collection and analysis in mobility and transport;
• Best practice implementations and policy recommendations for inclusive transport systems;
• Gender issues regarding innovative mobility offers such as MaaS, micromobility or shared mobility.

Prof. Dr. Pierluigi Coppola
Ms. Ines. Kawgan-Kagan
Guest Editors

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