Women's Mobility Patterns

Introduction to women's mobility patterns around the world.

"In the 1970s, some transportation planners began to recognize the mobility needs of population subgroups. Since then, several researchers, from various fields, have shown the differences in mobility patterns between women and men. By analyzing academic articles and project results, we will look at the situation in different countries around the world and the factors affecting mobility behavior. Finally, we will answer the question of whether there are differences in mobility patterns between women and men even in the most egalitarian societies.

These facts will be supported by figures and some conclusions that show the reality of these differences.

The attendees will know the principal characteristics of women mobility patterns around the world. The attendees will learn to recognize the principal differences of mobility between men and women

Imma Ribas Vila is a tenured professor of the Department of Management of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). She is an Industrial Engineer from the UPC and a PhD from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV). She teaches at the Barcelona School of Industrial Engineering (ETSEIB). Her research activity focuses on the development and application of quantitative techniques for the resolution of problems of design, planning and programming of production and logistics systems and in the study of new business models for mobility and logistics last mile