A Gender Assessment of Mumbai's Public Transport

This report provides: a high-level understanding on women's travel patterns that builds the foundation for understanding the ways in which they use public transport and the degree to which this is met by the public transport systems; and a first-cut view on women's priorities in public transport and potential ideas for addressing them. The purpose of this report is to initiate a dialog on these questions and begin to develop a picture of the role transport currently plays in women's lives with an understanding of the further role it can play, given women's specific needs. This study was carried out in Mumbai. Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and is the commercial and entertainment capital of India. Throughout this report the authors has used the term 'women' to refer to women and girls above the age of 16 as several of our survey respondents are students between the ages of 17 and 21. However, there is a need for a deeper understanding of the public transport needs of school- children; many of them use public transport to go to better schools that are father away from their homes. The study was on public buses and trains, however, other modes of public transport available in the city but not included in the study are black and yellow metered taxis and auto- rickshaws.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2011-06
Subjects:	ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, ACCESSIBILITY, ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN, AFFORDABLE FARES, AFFORDABLE TRANSPORT, AVERAGE NUMBER OF TRIPS, BICYCLES, BRIDGES, BUS, BUS DRIVERS, BUS ENTRANCE, BUS FARE, BUS FARES, BUS JOURNEYS, BUS PASS, BUS STATIONS, BUS STOP, BUS STOPS, BUS TICKET, BUS TRAVEL, BUS TRIPS, BUS USAGE, BUS USERS, BUSES, CARRIAGES, CARS, COMMUTERS, COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION, CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN, CROWDED TRAINS, DAILY TICKET, DAILY TRIPS, DISCRIMINATION, DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN, DRIVERS, DRIVING, ELASTICITY, ELASTICITY OF DEMAND, EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN, EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY, FARE STRUCTURE, FEEDER SERVICES, FOOTPATHS, FRAMEWORK, FREQUENCY OF TRAVEL, GENDER, GENDER ACTION, GENDER ANALYSES, GENDER ANALYSIS, GENDER ASSESSMENT, GENDER BALANCE, GENDER CONSIDERATIONS, GENDER DIMENSIONS, GENDER EQUALITY, GENDER EQUALITY ACT, GENDER EQUITY, GENDER EXPERT, GENDER EXPERTISE, GENDER ISSUES, GENDER MAINSTREAMING, GENDER NEEDS, GENDER PERSPECTIVE, GENDER PERSPECTIVES, GENDER POLICY, GENDER ROLES, GENDER SENSITIVITY, GENDER SENSITIVITY TRAINING, GENDER SENSITIZATION, GENDER SENSITIZATION TRAINING, GENDER SPECIFIC, GENDER STUDIES, GIRLS, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD WORK, HUMAN RIGHT, HUMAN RIGHTS, INSPECTION, JOURNEY, LACK OF SIDEWALKS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, MIGRANT, MINISTRY FOR WOMEN, MINISTRY OF WOMEN, MOBILITY, MODAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM, MODE OF TRANSPORT, MODE OF TRANSPORTATION, MODES OF TRANSPORT, NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR WOMEN, NATIONAL RAILWAY, NATIONAL TRAVEL SURVEY, NETWORK OF WOMEN, PARKED VEHICLES, PARKING, PASSENGER, PASSENGERS, PAVEMENTS, PEAK HOURS, PEAK TRAVEL, PEAK USE, PEDESTRIAN, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS, POLICE, POOR WOMEN, POPULATION DENSITY, PREGNANT WOMEN, PRIVATE ROAD TRANSPORT, PRIVATE TRANSPORT, PROPORTION OF WOMEN, PUBLIC PERCEPTION, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PUBLIC TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SECTOR, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SUBSIDIES, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT USAGE, PUBLIC TRANSPORT USERS, PUBLIC URBAN TRANSPORT, RAIL, RAIL FARES, RAILWAY, RAILWAY LINE, RAILWAY NETWORK, RAILWAY STATIONS, RAILWAYS, RAPE, REGIONAL PLANNING, REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN, RIGHTS OF WOMEN, ROAD, ROAD TRANSPORT, ROADS, ROUND TRIP, ROUTE, ROUTES, RURAL TRANSPORT, SAFETY, SANITATION, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, SHELTER, SIDEWALKS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, STAINLESS STEEL, STREET FURNITURE, STREETS, STRUCTURES, SUBURBAN RAILWAYS, SUBURBAN TRAINS, SUBURBS, SURFACE TRANSPORT, SURVEYING, SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT, SYMBOLS, TAXIS, TOTAL TRIPS, TRAFFIC, TRAIN DRIVERS, TRAIN JOURNEY, TRAIN TRAVEL, TRANSIT, TRANSPORT AUTHORITIES, TRANSPORT EXPENDITURE, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS, TRANSPORT OFFICIALS, TRANSPORT ORGANIZATIONS, TRANSPORT PLANNING, TRANSPORT POLICY, TRANSPORT PRIORITIES, TRANSPORT PROJECTS, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORT SERVICE PROVIDERS, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORT STRATEGIES, TRANSPORT STUDIES, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS, TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH, TRANSPORTATION STUDY, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, TRAVEL BEHAVIOR, TRAVEL PATTERNS, TRAVELERS, TRIP, TRIP CHAINING, TRIP DESTINATION, TRIPS BY BUS, TRIPS BY PUBLIC, TRUCKS, TRUE, TRUST FUND, UNDERGROUND, UNDP, UNFPA, UNIFEM, UNITED NATIONS, UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR WOMEN, URBAN PLANNING, URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT, URBAN TRANSPORT, URBAN TRANSPORT PROJECT, URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, URBAN TRANSPORTATION, URBANIZATION, VEHICLES, VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, WALKING, WALKING TIME, WATER SUPPLY, WOMEN EMPLOYEES, WOMEN EMPLOYMENT, WOMEN ENGINEERS, WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP, WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, WOMEN LEADERS, WOMEN WITH CHILDREN, WORK TRIPS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/06/16234216/gender-assessment-mumbais-public-transport https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12347
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