A Reappraisal of Research on Gender, Race and Work Trips

Keywords: Gender, Race, Commuting, Transportation, Urban Geography
Abstract Type: Virtual Paper Abstract

Abstract

Examination of urban workers’ commutes based on race and gender shows prevalent paradoxes and intersections of transportation disadvantages and commuting burdens. Diminished gender gaps in work-trip lengths are not consistent across race and ethnic groups or household types. Interpretations of research findings from a feminist geography lens complicate the intersectionality discourse in urban and transportation geography about the influence of domestic duties on the journey to work. In order to better address prevalent urban inequities, scholars and planners should pay critical attention to changing socio-spatial dimensions that adversely impact the employment access of marginalized workers in metropolitan areas.