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Dr Lorraine D’Arcy is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Transport Engineering, Environment & Planning at TU Dublin where she is co-chair of their new multidisciplinary MSc in Transport and Mobility. She undertakes multidisciplinary research investigating the influence of urban and transport design on mobility, social cohesion, public health, well-being, and the environment.
Within the objectives of the H2020 DIAMOND project, the paper investigates women’s needs and expectations as users of the bike-sharing service managed by Syndicat Mixte Autolib et Velib Métropole in the territory of Paris Region-Petite Couronne (France). The paper presents a thematic literature review focused on gender inclusion in bike-sharing schemes. The proposed methodological approach is based on (i) Geographic Information Systems for the analysis of geolocated open datasets related to land, sociodemographic and mobility characteristics of the areas surrounding each docking stations. This was aimed at identifying a short list of suitable bike-sharing docking stations, which were further characterized through: (ii) structured proprietary data focused on travel demand; (iii) onsite observations focused on universal design indicators; (iv) survey questionnaires focused on women’s concerns, needs and expectations; and (v) social media data from Twitter focused on the opinion of the end-users. Results showed that women use the VELIB’s bike-sharing service much less than men (about 30% of the total number of users), since they are more concerned about the following issues: 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 infrastructures); social constraints (e.g., perceptions and cultural stigmatization associated with cycling and bike-sharing); weather and topography (e.g., impact of weather and the urban terrain on cycling and bike-sharing). The final aim of the H2020 DIAMOND project is to support the definition of guidelines and policies for the inclusion of women’s needs in the design of future bike-sharing services.
Andrea Gorrini; Rawad Choubassi; Federico Messa; Wafaa Saleh; Augustus Ababio-Donkor; Maria Leva; Lorraine D’Arcy; Francesco Fabbri; David Laniado; Pablo Aragón. Unveiling Women’s Needs and Expectations as Users of Bike Sharing Services: The H2020 DIAMOND Project. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5241 .
AMA StyleAndrea Gorrini, Rawad Choubassi, Federico Messa, Wafaa Saleh, Augustus Ababio-Donkor, Maria Leva, Lorraine D’Arcy, Francesco Fabbri, David Laniado, Pablo Aragón. Unveiling Women’s Needs and Expectations as Users of Bike Sharing Services: The H2020 DIAMOND Project. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (9):5241.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAndrea Gorrini; Rawad Choubassi; Federico Messa; Wafaa Saleh; Augustus Ababio-Donkor; Maria Leva; Lorraine D’Arcy; Francesco Fabbri; David Laniado; Pablo Aragón. 2021. "Unveiling Women’s Needs and Expectations as Users of Bike Sharing Services: The H2020 DIAMOND Project." Sustainability 13, no. 9: 5241.
In this chapter, we propose it is time to re-think and re-imagine how we approach zoning. This is especially true for suburban developments. Today, especially in the United States, zoning in suburban areas is being used to segregate and separate the component parts of our communities into distinct zones which are spread out geographically and in most cases require the daily use of an automobile. The negative consequences of this form of development for health, community and the environment are discussed. Using a study of neighborhoods in Dublin, Ireland and its suburbs we examine how professionals and the public view the places they live and connect these perspectives to the manner in which zoning has changed over the course of the twentieth century. Insights from these professionals and the public lead us to propose that planners, engineers and developers be expected to think more about the kinds of walkable village neighborhoods that people seem to be drawn to almost instinctively. We urge that zoning laws be re-purposed to enable the building of communities that people prefer to live in.
Kevin M. Leyden; Lorraine D'Arcy. Rethinking Zoning for People: Utilizing the Concept of the Village. One Hundred Years of Zoning and the Future of Cities 2017, 77 -93.
AMA StyleKevin M. Leyden, Lorraine D'Arcy. Rethinking Zoning for People: Utilizing the Concept of the Village. One Hundred Years of Zoning and the Future of Cities. 2017; ():77-93.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKevin M. Leyden; Lorraine D'Arcy. 2017. "Rethinking Zoning for People: Utilizing the Concept of the Village." One Hundred Years of Zoning and the Future of Cities , no. : 77-93.