The lack of gender-specific configurations of transport designs reflecting actual travel behaviour wastes significant efficiency in energy usage. In the last article of her three-part series, Kathrin Meyer explains why it is necessary to build on gender-responsive planning within the transportation sector. Travelling through urban spaces opens possibilities to access and reach destinations which are necessary for our daily life. Heading to work, to school, to the grocery shop or to the doctor embed our destinations in multiple social environments like employment, taking care of kids or our health condition. Transport means and our mobility patterns are dependent on financial resources, the level of access to existing infrastructure, safety and many more factors. Our gender often determines the resources we have, to move through public spaces. Gender differences and transportation The limited literature on sex-disaggregated data related to differences within travel behaviour show that women who live in the European Union and the USA are more likely than men to use pedestrian routes and public transport. The use of cars is observed as male-dominated and … Continue reading Gender awareness: Transport infrastructure as a key lever for energy efficiency. Pt. III