Does gendered driving create gendered mobility? Community-related mobility in Finnish women and men aged 65+

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 374-382

  Siren, Anu ^a,b   Hakamies Blomqvist, Liisa ^b,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Swedish Road and Transport Research Institute ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageing; Car driving; Driver licence; Gender; Gender regimes; Mobility

Indexed keywords

GROUND VEHICLES; SAFETY FACTOR; STANDARDS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CAR DRIVING; DRIVER LICENCE; GENDER; GENDER REGIMES; MOBILITY;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

EID: 33748139392     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2006.06.010     Document Type: Article

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