Women’s Issues in Transportation: Summary of the 4th International Conference, Volume 2: Technical Papers (2011) / Chapter Skim
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134 Driving Miss Daisy Older Women as Passengers Nancy McGuckin, Travel Behavior Analyst Heather Contrino, Federal Highway Administration Hikari (Yuki) Nakamoto, SAS Programmer Adella Santos, Cambridge Systematics Nondrivers are a growing segment of the older population, creating a fundamental mobility challenge for larger and larger numbers of older Americans in the United States and a looming policy and planning challenge.
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135DRiviNG MiSS DAiSY: OLDER WOMEN AS PASSENGERS to 9.5 million. For people who no longer drive, traveling to the store or the doctor's office or visiting friends and family is difficult, creating a risk for unmet needs, care, and social isolation.
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136 WOMEN'S iSSUES iN TRANSPORTATiON, vOLUME 2 driver miles of women in four age groups as a percent of men in the same age group. Social norms, employment levels among women, and other factors (such as the increased number of licensed women)
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137DRiviNG MiSS DAiSY: OLDER WOMEN AS PASSENGERS of the three- and four-person households of nondriving women have no other driver in the household. Significant variations in both household size and driving status exist by race and ethnicity.
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138 WOMEN'S iSSUES iN TRANSPORTATiON, vOLUME 2 For example, Table 3 shows that 66% of all African-American households in urban areas are within 0.25 mi of a bus line, but 78.7% of African-American urban households that include an older woman who does not drive are located within 0.25 mi of a bus line. in contrast, only 40.4% of white households in urban areas are located within 0.25 mi of a bus line, and only 53.2% of white urban households with an older woman who does not drive are located within 0.25 mi of a bus line.
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139DRiviNG MiSS DAiSY: OLDER WOMEN AS PASSENGERS women have never driven, and some have ceased driving. The 2009 NHTS added a question to determine whether nondrivers had ever driven.
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140 WOMEN'S iSSUES iN TRANSPORTATiON, vOLUME 2 lowing analysis, which includes vehicle trips made by all older women, regardless of driving status, an attempt is made to discern the relationship of the woman passenger to the driver on the trip. in the NHTS, the household respondent can be any person 18 or older who agrees during the recruit to participate.
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141DRiviNG MiSS DAiSY: OLDER WOMEN AS PASSENGERS if nondrivers live far from transit and live alone or with other nondrivers, they depend on friends and family for rides. in nearly six out of 10 vehicle trips in which an older woman is the passenger her husband drives, but three out of 10 trips have a non-household member as the driver.
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142 WOMEN'S iSSUES iN TRANSPORTATiON, vOLUME 2 Marotolli, R
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