There will be a TRB conference on research on Women's Issues in Transportation, November 18-20, 2004, in Chicago. Abstracts are due March 1, 2004 (see attached Call for Abstracts) Conference website is http://www.TRB.org/Conferences/Women The most recently held conference addressing this topic was held in 1996, sponsored by FHWA. Papers from the 1996 conference are posted at: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/womens/wtipage.htm Several tables in CTPP 2000 include Gender: For WORKERS (for both RESIDENCE AND WORKPLACE TABULATIONS) 1-02 / 2-02 Sex by Means of Transportation 1-03 / 2-03 Sex by Occupation 1-04 / 2-04 Sex by Industry 1-05 / 2-05 Sex by Class of Worker 1-06 / 2-06 Sex by Worker earnings 1-07 / 2-07 Sex by Hours worked per week in 1999 FOR PERSONS (for RESIDENCE tabulations) 1-54 Sex by Employment Status Also, there are some tables using "age group of youngest child in the household" that may be of interest. The Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) is another Census data resource that may be appropriate for exploring commuting by gender along with other demographic and socio-economic characteristics. Due to Disclosure Review procedures at the Census Bureau, the CTPP is limited in the number of cross-tabulation variables in each table. I expect the CTPP 2000 Part 2 files release to State DOTs and MPOs to be complete by the end of February, and perhaps even before, so both Parts 1 and 2 should be available for small area data analysis for this topic. In addition, the 1990 CTPP included similar tables by Gender. (Part 1 tables 17 thru 21; and Part 2 tables 2 thru 6). Elaine Murakami FHWA Office of Planning and (FHWA Liaison to this TRB Conference!) 206-220-4460 in Seattle