Planificación urbana y del transporte a partir de relaciones de interdependencia y movilidad del cuidado

Gender Mobility on Guatemala City's Transmetro: Women's lived experiences of public transportation

“…Consequently, women take more, shorter trips during one journey in what is otherwise known as "trip chaining" (ITDP, 2018;Greed, 2018). Thus, women rarely travel alone because they travel with parcels or goods, children, or the elderly, which connotes an additional burden as women, in general, tend to walk and rely on public transportation more than men (ITDP, 2018;Jirón, 2017;Sheller, 2018;Soto Villagrán, 2018). City infrastructure such as sidewalks, bus stops, and buses are rarely in the best condition presenting an additional burden -or an organizational and physical barrier, outlined in detail in another section below -for women to fulfill their ascribed gendered roles and productive tasks (ITDP, 2018).…”

“…However, the burden of unpaid labor is not equally distributed among women; it is based on numerous factors, including socioeconomic considerations. Women in households with lower incomes spend more time doing unpaid labor due to a lack of material resources, representing an opportunity cost directly related to the activities that cannot be undertaken, such as finding remunerated work, or improving working conditions (Jirón, 2017).…”

“…gives them more free time for other activities. Time restrictions are more significant for women from lower-income households with less access to tools and resources to improve their social and economic mobility (Jirón, 2017). This is primarily impeded by the city's inefficient transportation system and is impacted by slow daily traffic due to the increased use of private motor vehicles.…”

“…Improved access to transit, and improved public transport systems in general, present better opportunities to access work, school, and leisure within the city. (Jirón, 2017). On these surveys, shopping is often mislabeled as "leisurely," which again does not fully grasp the intention or purpose behind shopping as a reproductive task or the distinction from journeys for leisure or work.…”

“…Restricted mobility alludes to how women's mobility practices shape certain mobility patterns focused primarily around walking and using public transportation (Soto Villagrán, 2018). Time being a scarce resource, according to Jirón (2017), can be interpreted as a barrier to women's social mobility as it represents an opportunity cost directly related to the activities that cannot be undertaken such as finding remunerated employment, or better employment, or to improve working conditions (p. 415). Jirón (2017) also points to accessibility as one of the main aspects of social exclusion in cities but criticizes interventions and policies that only seek to address questions of access and thus are blind to other types of barriers that curtail urban daily mobility in addition to accessibility.…”