Gender gaps in urban mobility

• DOI: 10.1057/s41599-020-0500-x
• Publication Date: 2020-06-17T10:04:18Z
• Authors: Laetitia Gauvin; Michele Tizzoni; Simone Piaggesi; Andrew Young; Natalia Adler; Stefaan Verhulst; Leo Ferres; Ciro Cattuto
• Keywords: Affordance; Mobile phone; Limiting; Gender gap

Abstract Mobile phone data have been extensively used to study urban mobility. However, studies based on gender-disaggregated large-scale are still lacking, limiting our understanding of gendered aspects mobility and ability design policies for gender equality. Here we from a perspective, combining commercial open datasets the city Santiago, Chile. We analyze call detail records large cohort anonymized mobile users reveal gap in mobility: women visit fewer unique locations than men, distribute their time less equally among such locations. Mapping this over administrative divisions, observe that wider is associated with lower income lack public private transportation options. Our results uncover complex interplay between patterns, socio-economic factors affordances, calling further research providing insights policymakers planners.