session 6.1 – gender security & public transport

Integrating Gender in Public Transport Talking Transit, 11th November 2014 Sonal Shah

Approach

Overview

Good Practices: London and Toronto

Way Forward

Structure

Approach

Six out of ten of the world's poorest people are women Source:

UNDP, 2014

Women’s travel patterns are different from men’s

Approach: Why Gender in Transport?

Source: GRHS, 2013

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Inferior access to both private and public means of transport while assuming a higher share of their household’s travel burden

Greater sensitivity to the shelter-transport-livelihoods link for lower income women Source: TRIPP, 2006

Approach: Why Gender in Transport?

Source: GRHS 2013

Source: TRIPP, 2006

Issue of violence against women is not new

National policies not translated into urban policies

Individual projects undertaken

Approach: Why Gender in Transport?

21:19Rate of crimes against women in cities versus the national average. Source: NCRB, 2011

Assessing implications for women and men of all planned action

Making women and men’s concerns an integral part of the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation

Approach

Source: UN Economic and Social Council, 1997

Approach Safety Accessibility Affordability Information Employment

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Source: Adapted from GRHS (2013), Transport for London, World Bank (2010), Deike, Peters (2001), Hamilton (2000), UN ECOSOC (1997)

Approach

Access to and from the Public Transport Stop

Waiting at the bus shelter or interchange

Boarding and alighting the vehicle

Experience in the vehicle

Source: Adapted from GRHS (2013), Transport for London, World Bank (2010), Deike, Peters (2001), Hamilton (2000), UN ECOSOC (1997)

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Reserved seats and buses

Women-only doors

Request a Stop or Hail & Board services

CCTVs, GPS

Trainings

Safety audits

Public amenities

Sufficient sitting and waiting area at a bus shelter

Low floor buses and access ramps

Student and elderly passes

Emergency phone numbers Route map and schedule

Real time information

Effective communication and feedback mechanism

Women conductors and drivers

Concentration of men; number of women low

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Good Practices

London

Source: TfL

Policy approach: Part of Gender Equality duty

Partnership with the Police

140 women’s groups

Women more likely to use buses and walk

Women aged 25-44 likely to make more trips

Women (25%) felt more unsafe than men (17%) Safer by minicabs; sexual harassment by illegal drivers

Concerns tied to specific activities and

officials with timelines

Case Study: Transport for London

Source: Transport for London (2012), nd

Case Study: Transport for London

Safe Transport Teams throughout London including main transport hubs

Safer Travel at Night campaign

90% within 400m of transit services

Low floor buses

Large designated spaces for persons in wheelchairs and for strollers

Discounted fares for part-time employees

Free transport to people 60 and over

Real time information in buses

Increase women’s participation from 22% to 52%

Set targets to increase women in senior management across TfL’s different services

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Source: Transport for London , 2012, nd

Toronto

Source: Canadian Pacific

Participation with METRAC

Comprehensive safety audit of the transit system

63 recommendations

Hire a gender planner to review all plans

Set up an internal taskforce with representation from every department to implement them

Created a Security Advisory Group

Case Study: Toronto Transit Commission

Source: Wekerle, 2005

Case Study: Toronto Transit Commission

Emergency intercoms

Request-stop program

Evaluate existing safety programs

Training on addressing sexual harassment

Transparent bus shelters

Elevators

Low floor buses

Large designated spaces for persons in wheelchairs and for strollers

Emphasize safety features in awareness campaigns

Produce a film on women’s safety in public transit

Real time information

More employment of women as front line workers

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Source: Wekerle, 2005

Way Forward

Safety and security cannot be addressed by individual projects

Measure, Plan, Implement, Monitor and Evaluate

Clear allocation of responsibilities and identification of individuals to ensure implementation

Need for gender experts

Encourage employment, retention and growth of women in transit agencies

Way Forward

Source: Adapted from ICRW

1. Measure

2. Plan and Design

3. Implement

4. Monitor & Evaluate

4. Share Knowledge and Inform Future Projects

Thank You Safety Accessibility Affordability Information Employment

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Service Planning & Operations

Infrastructure

Cap

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Vehicles

Public P

articipation Institutional S

tructure

Source: Adapted from GRHS (2013), Transport for London, World Bank (2010), Deike, Peters (2001), Hamilton (2000), UN ECOSOC (1997)