Impacts of Quebec City Public Transport System Reorganization on Women’s Employment Accessibility and Professional Mobility
When the Quebec City public transport system was reorganized in 1992, two specific transit services were set up: the “express” and the “Métrobus.” The aim of the paper is to determine whether the reorganization of this system improved employment accessibility for residents, especially women, and supported their professional mobility by making them progress on the labour market. We used data from 1991 and 2001 OD surveys. Spatial and temporal variations of various indicators show a reduction in travel time to work and an improvement in employment accessibility, but only for certain sectors of the city, and this in spite of a reduction in bus modal split between 1991 and 2001, even in the Métrobus corridors. In addition, women’s profes- sional mobility has progressed in several sectors served by the Métrobus even when general professional progression is taken into account.