Author: Gangbin Yan

Program of Study: PhD in Molecular Engineering, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME)

A woman in Chicago is waiting for the train. (Source: https://medium.com/@medmonds/how-chicago-can-embrace-compassionate-mobility-3310c793b263)

Description: Most of the buses in Chicago run in one direction and do a loop, which is quite different from my hometown in China. After deeper investigations into bus system, I learnt different gender travel patterns and diverse reasons for the loop-transportation routes.

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References

  1. Invisible Women- https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/invisible-women/
  2. Chicago remade its 127-year-old rapid transit system. Are there lessons for Metro?
  3. Julie Babinard; John Hine; Simon Ellis; Satoshi Ishihara. 2010. Mainstreaming gender in road transport: operational guidance for World Bank staff (English). Transport paper series; no. TP-
  4. Washington, DC: World Bank.
  5. Encyclopedia of Chicago – “Bus System”
  6. The Loop Link Project.
  7. The Cracks in Chicago’s Grand Plans for the Bus.
  8. ChicagoBus.org
  9. Chicago remade its 127-year-old rapid transit system. Are there lessons for Metro?
  10. More Women Ride Mass Transit Than Men. Shouldn’t Transit Agencies Be Catering to Them?