ABSTRACT
There has been relatively little in-depth analysis of the relationship between the sets of responsibilities inherent in employment and child-care and domestic obligations, and women's transportation choices. Equally ignored have been the travel patterns of elderly women, particularly those who are alone. The few researchers who have focused on working mothers have generally concentrated on the home-to-work trip only; the available data have limited explorations of non-work activities and differences in travel patterns created by race or ethnicity, marital status, or variations in occupation. Elderly women's travel patterns have generally been ignored because the elderly are seen as a monolithic group, whose needs are assumed to be known, and because they rarely make the oft-studied work trip.
