Citation

Kawgan-Kagan I, Popp M. Transp. Res. Proc. 2018; 31: 146-159.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Publications)

DOI

10.1016/j.trpro.2018.09.052

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Women in urban areas have specific requirements for their daily mobility. Car sharing service are mostly used by men as shown in studies from different countries. This study aims for understanding specific reasons and requirements of respective trips in women's every day live to help dismantle hurdles, which hinder women to use carsharing services. An innovative methodological approach connects directly to the current discussion of daily mobility and socio spatial theory. In this study, five cases of women living in Berlin within the business area of free-floating carsharing providers with and without battery electric vehicles will be analysed. All of them hold a drivers' licence and fit in the profile of early adopters of E-carsharing. For seven days, their trips were tracked with gps tracking devices, while they were asked to note the circumstances of the respective trips. After this period, they reported in semi-structured interviews what was important to them to make their mode decision. In addition, the respondents were asked about their possible experiences with sharing services and expectations to shift their mobility away from a privately-owned vehicle to sustainable e-mobility.

OBJECTIVE GPS-tracks are connected to subjective interpretation of every-day mobility of the respondents. All trips are visualized, and colour coded according to mode choice and specifically purposes and influencing factors of the respective trips. Different maps with groups of similar trips show that women have their preferred mode for respective trips and can be explained with gender typical social roles. Especially, expectations of and experiences with carsharing with and without battery electric vehicles are shaped by factors because of gender typical tasks. Women's preferences even in modern urban areas can be explained with their gender typical tasks due to their social roles. It becomes apparent, that there are gender-based hurdles in carsharing services with and without electric vehicles, which categorially exclude many women.

Language: en

Keywords

e-carsharing; gender; mode choice; sustainable urban mobility