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Women on Wheels: Reclaiming the Road
Valerie Hermanson, Transportation Planner, Mid-Region Council of GovernmentsSeptember 29, 2016APA-NM Conference
TRAVEL BEHAVIOR EVOLVING
• You can move FIVE TIMES faster than walking• Go THREE TIMES as far on the same amount of caloric energy• Cars use 50 to 80 times more energy than a bike to travel the same
distance• AND ask any public heath expert - North America is suffering from rising
obesity rates
BICYCLES ARE THE MOST EFFICICENTFORM OF TRANSPORTATION
EVOLUTION OF THE BICYCLE
Photos Source: http://web.pdx.edu/~lesseg/Project%201/index.html
BICYCLE AS EQUALIZER
http://slowcivilizedcycling.blogspot.com/2015/03/womens-bicycling-history-month.htmlhttp://middleschoolesl.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/2/6/3826849/a_freedom_machine_student_text_page_numbers.pdfhttp://narrative.ly/the-renegade-rider-of-1894/
Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel…the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood.- Susan B. Anthony
Photo Sources: http://www.bicyclepaper.com/articles/592https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2015/jun/18/freewheeling-equality-cycling-women-rights-yemen-bicycle-liberation https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/pic/?o=tS&pic_id=154163&size=large&v=2t
WE’VE COME A LONG WAY, BUT…
http://fusion.net/story/334327/mansplain-bike-riding-annemiek-van-vleuten/
NATIONAL DATA In US - Men’s bicycling trips surpass women’s by at least 2:1
Other counties (percentage of bicycles trips made women) 55% NETHERLANDS 55% DENMARK 49% GERMANY
76%
24%
BARRIERS FOR WOMEN Lack of safe infrastructure Harassment More errands to run More child or elder care responsibilities Less leisure time Make less $$ Higher standard of professional appearance & behavior
MEN
WOMEN
ALL BICYCLE TRIPS
76%
24%
http://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/why-bicycle-justice-isnt-a-white-guy-in-spandex-20160810http://ralphbu.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/mci.pdf
ALBUQUERQUE METRO REGION
32%
68%MEN
WOMEN
All Bicycle Trips
32%
68%
Data: Mid-Region Council of Governments Travel Survey 2014
BUT THERE’S SOMETHING HAPPENING WITH BIKESHARE 2012 Study of North American Bikeshares 43% women 2012-2015 DC Capital Bikeshare 41-45% women 2012 Boston Hubway Bikeshare 47% women
http://blog.bicyclecoalition.org/2013/03/picking-up-speed-women-talk-bicycling.html
http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2013/08/bike-share-may-be-one-key-closing-cycling-gender-gap/6580/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2015/04/28/who-uses-capital-bikeshare/
http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2013/08/bike-share-may-be-one-key-closing-cycling-gender-gap/6580/
BICI BIKESHARE May 15, 2015 – May 15, 2016
Data: Mid-Region Council of Governments Travel Survey 2014BICI BIKESHARE DATA MAY 15, 2015- MAY 15, 2016
BIKESHARE AS CATALYST Bikeshare as conversation starter about a lot of things
Closing gender gap Women are an “indicator species” of convenient and safe bicycling
environment Improving infrastructure for everyone
Transportation is one of the biggest household expenses in the US Access to public amenities (like bikeshare) among low-income/minority
groups Economic implications
LET’S CONTINUE TOTALK ABOUT IT!
Photo: https://gearjunkie.com/bike-mom-kid
Photo: Valerie Hermanson
Photo: Valerie Hermanson
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/jul/09/women-cycling-infrastructure-cyclists-killed-female