Gender-inclusive transport: Moving from inertia to action

More and better data is part of the solution for making transport systems more inclusive for women and other groups, but it’s time to turn insights into action. This will take fresh imagination, tough conversations and some directed anger, according to experts on a recent webinar from the Women in Mobility UK network hosted by Cities Today.

The good news is that new tools and examples are emerging.

Hannah Bougdah

Hannah Bougdah, Head of Statistics Dissemination and Development at the UK’s Department for Transport, shared a snapshot from the national travel survey, which monitors long-term trends in England. In 2020, women made four percent more trips than men but travelled 22 percen...