Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Designing for Women [was An article that might be of interest to some of you

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On 2013-09-19 18:24, Sharon Villines wrote:

On Sep 19, 2013, at 5:47 PM, Racheli Gai <racheli [at] sonoracohousing.com> 

wrote:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/09/how-design-city-women/6739/

This is a very interesting article on urban planning and how different
genders use public spaces and public transportation. How design of
public parks can change who uses the park.

Women use pubic transportation far more than men. I wonder if this is
the reason public transportation isn't top priority in most places.

People who take care of households and children have different travel 

patterns than workers who travel to and from an office each day. The 

fact that most of these people are women is coincidental. If you only 

observe that "different genders use public transportation and public 

spaces differently" you are not seeing the real picture here.

Simple statements like "women use pubic transportation far more than 

men" are not reflective of the full picture. Hearing that, some might 

suggest that this is simply because they are women which would be a 

incorrect conclusion from the info presented in the article.

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Cheers!
Rich Saunders

Re: Designing for Women [was An article that might be of interest to some of you	<– Date –> <– Thread –>
From: Saunders, Rich (greymontmykolab.com)
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 07:01:24 -0700 (PDT)