Surprise! Women often feel unsafe while taking public transportation and even change their routes to avoid the spaces they fear.In her latest study, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris looks at what women fear the most when taking public transportation, what women need, and what innovative solutions are out there. In 2006, Loukaitou-Sideris and team did a survey of […]
Last week we discussed the prevalence of sexual harassment and assault on WMATA. Today for our Public Transit Awareness Month, we look at what other cities are doing to address the problem on their trains and buses. Boston In April 2008, Boston launched the nation’s first ever anti-sexual harassment campaign, which led to a 74 […]
In honor of International Women’s Day, we want to pay tribute to the women who are organizing to fight public sexual harassment across the globe. Check out these amazing women and groups that are working to make their streets safe for all girls and women. Respekte Nu, a campign in Mauritius, which launched in direct […]
While we know that WMATA doesn’t always responded well to sexual harassment and assault reports, we do believe that it is important to report incidents and file complaints in order to document its prevalence. Sexual harassment and assault on our Metro trains and buses is very underreported. According to The Sexist, in 2009, there were 47 […]
Since our first post last March we’ve received more than 200 experiences from individuals across the DC Metro area. We knew that many of the incidents occurred on pubic transportation but we were curious to find out the exact numbers. Here is the break down: 40 reported incidents occurred on the Metro 8 reported incidents […]