Work Travel Condition by Gender Analysis for Dhaka City

摘要

This paper presents exploratory analysis of survey data to understand work travel condition by gender in the context of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dhaka’s societal structure does not provide the degree of mobility independence to female inhabitants that is afforded to males. Therefore, it is necessary to incorporate work travel condition of male and female workers separately in transport plan and policy of Dhaka. Result indicates that gender is a key variable of work trip. Work travel conditions vary significantly between male and female workers. More interestingly, notable interaction between gender and income exists. We found that low income female workers are compelled to walk to their work place. Considering overall transport situation it can be said that if low income female workers income increase they would switch to other mode of transport to enjoy more comfortable travel options. With the increased income middle and high income female workers spend more on work trip. Middle income female workers mainly use bus for work trip, whereas high income female workers use car and three wheeler Auto-rickshaw, CNG, which are more expensive than bus. High income male and female workers do not tend to walk for their work trip. There are also significant differences in travel characteristics between male and female workers within each income group.