Date of Award
Spring 4-18-2023
Document Type
Honors Project
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Political Science and International Affairs
Department Chair or Program Director
Dr. Rosalyn Cooperman
First Advisor
Dr. Emile Lester
Second Advisor
Dr. Melina Patterson
Major or Concentration
Political Science
Abstract
The paper focuses on the differences in transportation systems between the United States and Vienna, Austria. Research shows that women have been an overlooked group of people within cities. Due to this, cities have not been designed for them and an example of this is transportation. Some cities like Vienna, Austria have made it their mission to create gender-equitable cities. To better understand this problem women were interviewed who had experience in the Viennese and American systems to analyze the differences. Also, certain government agencies were contacted to understand this problem from a governance standpoint. All of the interviews supported the findings in the research which is that there is a serious problem with American transportation systems and that it is not a priority for this country. However, the United States cities can better themselves by looking to places like Vienna and modeling their changes after a successful program.
Recommended Citation
Miller, Sarah, "Sex in the Cities: A Comparative Analysis of Vienna and The United States’ Efforts in Gender Mainstreaming Transportation" (2023). Student Research Submissions. 540.
https://scholar.umw.edu/student_research/540
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