Women’s Needs and Expectations as Users of Bike Sharing Services
Source: Journal Sustainability
Reports on research that found that women use the Paris VELIB’s bike-sharing service much less than men as they are more concerned about accessibility (e.g., availability of bikes at the docking stations, distance to the nearest station, type and quality of the cycle paths); safety and security (e.g., perception of danger and insecurity while cycling and using the current bicycle infrastructure); social constraints (e.g., perceptions and cultural stigmatization associated with cycling and bike-sharing); and weather and topography (e.g., impact of weather and the urban terrain on cycling and bike-sharing).
