Women’s Issues in Transportation: Summary of the 4th International Conference, Volume 2: Technical Papers (2011) / Chapter Skim
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236 Women and Men in Public Consultations of Road-Building Projects lena levin, VTI Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute Charlotta Faith-ell, WSP Civils, Stockholm, Sweden This paper discusses results of a research project designed to increase knowledge about women's and men's participation and their opportunities to take part in and influence the road planning process. The project was accomplished in an explorative case study, an advertisement study, and an implementation study that used questionnaires, observations, quantitative and qualitative analyses of conversations, content analysis of minutes, and advertisements.
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237WoMeN AND MeN IN PuBlIC CoNSulTATIoNS oF RoAD-BuIlDING PRoJeCTS do they develop answers in the same way or do they discriminate in any specific way? What methods can be used to increase equal participation?
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238 WoMeN'S ISSueS IN TRANSPoRTATIoN, voluMe 2 unequal gender representations may increase equality but is not the only way to do so. There is no guarantee that having more women in transportation planning will result in a more equal and sustainable transportation system (Hjorthol 2003; Polk 1998)
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239WoMeN AND MeN IN PuBlIC CoNSulTATIoNS oF RoAD-BuIlDING PRoJeCTS financial barriers and lack of accessible transportation hindered some women from participating in consultations (Booth 1996)
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240 WoMeN'S ISSueS IN TRANSPoRTATIoN, voluMe 2 Explorative study Advertisement study Intervention study 8 meetings (8 cases) 32 adverts 8 meetings (8 cases)
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241WoMeN AND MeN IN PuBlIC CoNSulTATIoNS oF RoAD-BuIlDING PRoJeCTS The meeting is typically held in a meeting room or a school room. These meetings usually take 2 to 3 h, from 6 or 7 p.m.
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242 WoMeN'S ISSueS IN TRANSPoRTATIoN, voluMe 2 Swedish population. A majority had no children under 18 years old (71% in the explorative study and 68% in the intervention study)
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243WoMeN AND MeN IN PuBlIC CoNSulTATIoNS oF RoAD-BuIlDING PRoJeCTS The questionnaires also asked for alternative consultations. Women said they would attend other meeting forms and some of them mentioned questionnaires, interviews, and study meetings.
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244 WoMeN'S ISSueS IN TRANSPoRTATIoN, voluMe 2 and encourage project managers to introduce more interactive meetings: open house meetings with discussions in smaller groups, walking tours in the environmental area for the road project, and addressing local groups. From experience with the project, the authors have pointed out in a written "toolbox" for road project managers and, in the project report, also discuss further research that might focus more on the early planning of the consultation process and look beyond the obvious facts about road projects.
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245WoMeN AND MeN IN PuBlIC CoNSulTATIoNS oF RoAD-BuIlDING PRoJeCTS Kendall, S., and D Tannen.
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