Figure 2.0 An example of a bus only lane in Portland, Oregon (NACTO, 2019).
Public Transit First Design In North America, many cities have been
low-income households and women are
transportation since cars are most
of using public transit in a car-centric
default gender to design for. The people
The solution that this thesis has produced
are typically men (Criado-Perez, 2019,
Transit first design means that public
cars because the people that control our
should not be the second option for people
have different needs. Based on the
have to start prioritizing the arrangement of
ones designing and benefiting from these
subways and streetcars to help improve the
designed around the needs of private
experiencing the negative implications
commonly used by men and they are the
society (Turner and Grieco, 2006, p.54).
in executive and planning positions
is building cities for transit first design.
p.32). This has led to a bias towards
transit is prioritized over cars. Public transit
infrastructure do not realize that women
who cannot afford a car. City planners
research earlier in this thesis, men are the
transportation routes, such as our buses,
car-centric societies (Criado-Perez). Many
movement of its citizens.
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