Analysis of gender inequalities in public transport services in Lisbon and policies to mitigate them

• Autor(a) principal: Ramos, Miguel Gomes
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/21732
• topic: Public transport; Mobility experience; Trip satisfaction; Passenger perceptions; Gender inequality; Transporte público; Experiência na mobilidade; Satisfação com a viagem; Perceções dos passageiros; Desigualdade de género

Nowadays the increasing use of public transport (bus, subway, and suburban trains) is of great importance due to issues related to the social sustainability and personal well-being. Public transportation is considered an alternative for many of these people to dislocate to several places for several purposes in their daily routine (work, college/school, leisure and so on). The perceptions that the people have on public transportation and its journey can be negatively influenced by the phenomena of the congestion and overcrowding, which can lead to very serious constraints as being late for an important commitment in a certain place and even negatively affect their experience during the trip, leading that the people choose private transportation and transportation platforms like Uber, mytaxi, Cabify, among others. This dissertation aims to identify factors that are responsible for gender inequalities verified in the sector of public transportation and measures that can mitigate these inequalities. A study took place in the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon and 250 replies were collected. The data was analysed with parametric and non-parametric statistic methods. A comparison among the users of public and private transport takes place and the areas that should be the priorities of the operators of public transport in Lisbon area are identified. The main conclusion of this study is that security perceptions vary among men and women both in private and public transport users and that some changes in the operation of public transport can increase the feeling of security to women.