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The Bus Stop: An overlooked dimension of women’s perception of security while using public transportation - Transforming Transportation 2016
- 1. www.TransformingTransportation.org The Bus Stop: An overlooked dimension of women’s perception of security while using public transportation Morgan Campbell, Rutgers University Presented at Transforming Transportation 2016
- 2. The Bus Stop An overlooked dimension of women’s perception of security while using public transportation Morgan Campbell | Bloustein School of Planning and Policy | campbell.morganf@gmail.com
- 3. Women waiting after work, Trivandrum.
- 6. Barakhamba road bus stop
- 7. Vayu Senabad bus stop (photo credit: Carol Mitchell/flickr)
- 8. Interstate bus stand, Bangalore
- 10. Bangalore • Summer 2013 • Focus on the IT sector • Mode choice and why • Women • Men • Company bus vs BMTC (public) bus • Ideal mode choice Source: Dittrich, 2007
- 12. “On the Infosys bus you only have Infoscians, you can trust them because they are colleagues. On the public buses we have people of all kinds, we don’t know what background they have, what sort of job they are doing so we have to be on the defensive.” -Woman, age 28
- 13. Delhi • Jan-August 2015 • Qualitative research • Interviews • Oral surveys • Targeted populations • Domestic workers • Service workers • Security personal • Women PGs • Comparative study • Bus vs Metro • Proportion of women users • Time of day • Mode • Geographic location
- 16. Preliminary Findings Bus interviews • 52% of women cited cost as the primary reason for choosing the bus. • 56% of women had the option to take the metro instead of the bus for their journey. • 80% of women said what they liked best about the bus was how cheap it was. • 100% of women had experienced some form of harassment while traveling by bus. • Approximately 90% of women cited comfort and safety as the primary reason for choosing the metro. • 25% of women had experienced some form of harassment. • The majority of occurrences happened while traveling to the metro or while entering the station. • 169 out of 173 women said that presence of metro security personnel increased their feeling of security.
- 17. Chhattisgarh Working Women’s Society (In depth interviews)
- 18. Challenges For Women Users • Poor maintenance of bus shelter • Lack of information regarding routes • Inconsistent timings • Rude drivers, ticket collectors • Disinvestment in basic services • A failure to feel independent and self sufficient For Researchers/Data Collection • Lack of comprehensive data • Unwillingness for cross- collaborative research among agencies, departments, etc… • Replication of studies due to limited knowledge of existing work • A failure to translate findings into advocacy
- 19. Where to start?
- 20. Tradition of hand/sign painting
- 21. Special Thanks: Taru Jain Assistant Professor School of Planning & Architecture tarujain84@gmail.com Purnima Parida Principal Scientist Central Road Research Institute punam31@gmail.com United States-India Educational Foundation (Fulbright) Infosys Bangalore Initiative for Policy Dialogue