Do you consider urban transport to be gender neutral? Most planners and decision-makers do. Looking at it more closely you will however see that men and women have different travel patterns and mode usage and that transport planning is unconsciously biased towards traditional male travel patterns and modes!
Many urban transport professionals are not aware that gender is one of the key determinants of modal choice and travel behavior. One of the reasons being that gender specific data is usually not collected. As a consequence, only few urban transport policies, projects or services are gender mainstreamed, meaning that they do not integrate gender equality in their design or planning phases.
Whether you work in urban transport policy, planning or design, taking this course will allow you to:
- better understand how structural gender differences in society influence women and men’s travel behavior, modal choices and perception
- acquire a comprehensive picture of mobility patterns in relation to gender, illustrated by robust data and examples
- be able to apply these learnings in your city or region, in particular by addressing the ‘gender data gap’ for a more inclusive mobility
The course is produced in cooperation with transport consultancy Ramboll who’s published the report “Gender and (smart) mobility” in March 2021.
Multi-language videos:
To make this course accessible for a greater audience, the videos’ subtitles are available in English, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Turkish.
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Marianne Weinreich
Marianne Weinreich holds a Master in Scandinavian literature and language and World History, but for the last 20+ years she has advised cities about sustainable mobility policy and promotion and mobility management. The last 3 years she has been Market Manager in Ramboll’s Smart Mobility division where she besides working with clients is leading the thought leadership and sustainability program. As part of that she is head author of the report “Gender and (smart) mobility” published in March 2021.
She is also co-founder and Chair of the Cycling Embassy of Denmark and an experienced speaker and moderator of cycling and mobility webinars and conferences around the World.
Free & Paid Options
You can access and participate in the course for free. If you want to earn a certificate upon completion, you can purchase it. The certificate will be accessible only once the course is successfully completed. Read more here.
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Mário Tavares Alves
Gender mainstreaming in urban mobility is a complex issue. I was hoping I could find more exposure on what women feel in the streets or in the transit, in different cultures and countries. I find this course poorly based on bibliography references and it has too many fallacies and narratives. Time will tell if this course ages well.
VERONICA ALBUJA
I like the exemples given of the survey that was made to know the differences on women and men perspectives of mobility and safety in order to change the mobility model towards a model that integrate women's mobility patterns.
MLORU
Very interesting data about the gender differences in the way of moving through the cities. This course should be taken by all professionals in urban mobility to avoid repeating the same mistakes in the future and make sure that the needs of all the parts of the population are taken into account when planning mobility services.
Maria Prosviryakova
I appreciated that the course was short and powerful with the main intakes summarised in memorable statements and supported by facts. For someone who read the "Invisible Women' book, the course refreshed many useful and applicable concepts, such as gender mainstreaming and data gender gap.
The insights provided are important and brought clearly, and supported by clear graphs. However I was hoping for more examples of bad practices and good practices (e.g. what design choices make a street less or more safe for women?), like other courses provide. There was a large focus on a single study and numbers, while I think there are many more angles to this important topic.