Women's issues in transportation : summary of the 4th International Conference. Volume 2, Technical papers.
TRB's Conference Proceedings 46: Women's Issues in Transportation: Summary of the 4th International Conference, Volume 1: Conference Overview and Plenary Papers includes an overview of the October 2009 conference and six commissioned resource papers, including the two keynote presentations...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Transportation Research Board,
2011.
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| Series: | Conference proceedings (National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board) ;
46, v. 2. |
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| Summary: | TRB's Conference Proceedings 46: Women's Issues in Transportation: Summary of the 4th International Conference, Volume 1: Conference Overview and Plenary Papers includes an overview of the October 2009 conference and six commissioned resource papers, including the two keynote presentations. Women's Issues in Transportation: Summary of the 4th International Conference, Volume 2: Technical Papers includes 27 full peer-reviewed papers that were presented at the October 2009 conference. The conference highlighted the latest research on changing demographics that affect transportation planning, programming, and policy making, as well as the latest research on crash and injury prevention for different segments of the female population. Special attention was given to pregnant and elderly transportation users, efforts to better address and increase women's personal security when using various modes of transportation, and the impacts of extreme events such as hurricanes and earthquakes on women's mobility and that of those for whom they are responsible. |
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| Item Description: | "The Transportation Research Board (TRB) convened the 4th International Conference on Women's Issues in Transportation on October 27 to 30, 2009, at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center in Irvine, California"--Preface. |
| Physical Description: | vi, 287 pages : charts ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780309160834 0309160839 |
| ISSN: | 1073-1652 ; |