ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces a new concept in urban transportation, the 'mobility of care', which acknowledges the need to quantify, assess and make visible the daily travel associated with care work. The notions of care work and of gender divisions of labour bring attention to the fact that activities needed for the sustaining of daily life are actually work and differ from personal business and leisure. They do not receive economic compensation and are not included in the calculations of gross domestic product (GDP), except when provided as paid services. Gender analysis of urban transportation requires careful consideration of how concepts and terms are constructed and used, and often this will result in rethinking concepts, language and visual representations. Because urban and metropolitan transportation represents a very significant share of all contaminating emissions contributing to the greenhouse effect, it is relevant to acknowledge gender differences in transportation when considering climate change and environmental sustainability policies.
