{"id":48844,"date":"2019-07-02T17:29:42","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T11:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?p=48844"},"modified":"2019-07-05T18:01:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T12:31:59","slug":"7-pm-is-there-a-case-for-free-rides-for-women-2nd-july-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/7-pm-is-there-a-case-for-free-rides-for-women-2nd-july-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"7 PM | Is there a case for free rides for women? | 2nd July, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1Ok3jFK74htdQIeP2E9AR0ByaLbFCWAyN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Read&nbsp;In-depth analysis of all the Editorials here (opens in a new tab)\">Read&nbsp;In-depth analysis of all the Editorials here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Context: <\/strong>The plan\nof Delhi Government to provide free rides to the women in public transports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More in news:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Delhi government\nplans to make metro and bus travels free for women.<\/li><li>Metro man\nSreedharan writes to Prime minister against Aam Aadmi Party\u2019s free rides for\nwomen bid<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Impact of transportation on women:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Census data: &nbsp;Census data from 2011 revealed that 45%\nof women do not even travel for work, meaning that they work out of their own\nhouses. As a result, India has one of the world\u2019s most lopsided ratios of male\nversus female commuting, according to data aggregated by the Centre for Diet\nand Activity Research, a research unit at the University of Cambridge.<\/li><li>The gender\ncommuting gap: gender community gap linked to gender wage gap, which really\nopen up after the arrival of children. If women want to work close to home due\nto household responsibilities, they may be likely to find a job well matched to\ntheir skills. This is happening India.\n&nbsp;For instance, a 2005&nbsp;study in Delhi slums&nbsp;found that women spend more time travelling on\nslower modes of transport to access work since faster mode are more expensive.<\/li><li>Education:\na study in Delhi found that college girls, compared to boys, chose lower ranked\ncolleges with safe and reliable transport access.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Steps taken by Indian state governments to ease\nthe burden of transportation cost on women:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Himachal\nPradesh: women passengers can avail a concession of 25 per cent while\ntravelling in the government run Himachal Road Transportation Corporation\n(HRTC).<\/li><li>Andhra\nPradesh: The AP State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) has announced 25 per\ncent concession in bus fares for senior citizens. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Global examples: <\/strong>Cities providefare\nconcessionsto promote use of public\ntransport among its citizens. Some of the examples are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Luxembourg: In an eco-friendly move aimed at reducing traffic congestion,\nLuxembourg has announced plans to become the world&#8217;s first country to make its\npublic transportation free for everyone.<\/li><li>Paris: Paris is set to make\npublic transport free for all children under the age of 11.&nbsp;As detailed by&nbsp;<em>Le\nParisien<\/em>, September 2019 will see new concessions rolled\nout across the Greater&nbsp;Paris&nbsp;region including free metro and bus travel for people\nunder 11, including non-nationals, and free travel for people with disabilities\nunder the age of 20. In addition, high school students between 14 and 18 will\nreceive a 50% concession, as well as a free bike share account on the city\u2019s\nV\u00e9lib scheme.<\/li><li>Estonia: From July 1, every county in Estonia can implement free public\ntransport for its residents, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Delhi Government recently decided to provide free rides to\nwomen in Delhi buses and Metro. Now the question arises, <strong>who will pay for the subsidies aimed at the transportation\ndisadvantaged?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address the above dilemma and make people to use public\ntransport, reduce air pollution and make cities more liveable. It is possible\nthat revenues from appropriately charging personal motorized travel will be\nsufficient to make travel by public transport cheap or free for the\ntransportation-disadvantaged, without any additional public subsidy\nrequirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"429\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/moving.jpg?resize=429%2C380&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48845\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are\nhurdles in the implementation of this proposal, but in long run it can be a\nviable solution towards promotion of use of public transport and curbing the\nrising pollution in Delhi. Altogether, transportation is the fulcrum that\nallows women to participate in the workforce, which can create a societal shift\nto transform the entire world economy. <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read&nbsp;In-depth analysis of all the Editorials here Context: The plan of Delhi Government to provide free rides to the women in public transports. More in news: Delhi government plans to make metro and bus travels free for women. Metro man Sreedharan writes to Prime minister against Aam Aadmi Party\u2019s free rides for women bid Impact&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/7-pm-is-there-a-case-for-free-rides-for-women-2nd-july-2019\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">7 PM | Is there a case for free rides for women? | 2nd July, 2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":3567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-7-pm","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/brief-image.jpg?fit=1000%2C500&ssl=1","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1702748348},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}