women

For Women Only: Safety by Segregation

Women's safety on public transit is increasingly in focus worldwide. Many systems have turned to designating separate areas for women, but what happens after they get off?
21 December 2010 - 1:00pm
TheCityFix

Women's Bike Ridership Reveals Road Safety Concern

Only 2% of bike riders in Lima are women. Jonna McKone looks at what hinders women from hopping on bikes and the further implications.
26 November 2010 - 9:00am
TheCityFix

Women Feel Safer in Mumbai

A study in India has shown that more women gather in public spaces in Mumbai than any other city in the country, even though free and open access continues to be a problem.
12 May 2010 - 12:00pm
Hindustan Times

Recognizing and Addressing Safety Issues for Women in Cities

Safety is a major concern for the world's women on a day-to-day basis. From riding the bus to walking at night, if women don't feel safe, they won't do it. Cities need to take a more active role in addressing this challenge, according to this post.
15 April 2010 - 6:00am
Next American City

Beauty and the Bike

A new project in the UK aimed at getting girls on bikes has yielded liberating results.
2 December 2009 - 9:00am
Streetsblog Los Angeles

Harassment and Assault Common on Subway

A group called New Yorkers for Safe Transit has called attention to the continual problem of female subway riders being ogled, groped, flashed, harassed and attacked.
23 November 2009 - 10:00am
The New York Times

Safety and Gender in Los Angeles

Enci Box's personal account of how gender, safety, and living car-free intersect in her daily transportation decisions.
9 October 2009 - 2:00pm
LA Streetsblog
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