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The gender gap in bike-share use in Mexico City

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  • Prats, German Martínez
  • germanmtzprats@hotmail.com
  • Flores, Yoan Hernández
  • yoan961122@gmail.com

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Introduction: Women are persistently under-represented in bike-share systems, but the size of the gap and its variation across time and space remain poorly documented in Latin America. Methods: Trip-level records of the Ecobici system in Mexico City were analysed for 2019-2025. The female share of trips was computed overall, by year, time of day, day type, trip duration, round trips and station distance from the historic centre, and adjusted odds ratios were estimated with logistic regression. Results: Of 74,176,665 trips, 28.3% were made by women, 2.5 male trips for every female trip, a share that changed by 3.8 percentage points between 2019 and 2025. The female share was lowest in the night hours (25.2%) and highest in the morning peak (29.1%), higher on weekends (30.7%) than on weekdays (27.8%), and higher on longer trips (weekend odds ratio 1.12, 95% CI 1.11-1.13). Conclusions: The gender gap in Ecobici use is large and persistent, and it is widest at night and narrowest in the daytime, which indicates that safety after dark, rather than access to the system, is the binding constraint on women's use.

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  • Prats, German Martínez & germanmtzprats@hotmail.com & Flores, Yoan Hernández & yoan961122@gmail.com, 2026. "The gender gap in bike-share use in Mexico City," SAP Transport, Mobility & Society, South American Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:cwf:tmsart:tms2026314
    DOI: 10.62486/tms2026314
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