This event will highlight the existing safety concerns for women on buses across the UK
What does a safer bus network look like for women, girls and other vulnerable users?
• Gender+ Bus; solutions to tackle harassment and violence against women and girls for a safer and inclusive bus network – Lucy will share research on barriers and opportunities for improving women’s safety accessing and using buses with a focus on reporting and staff awareness and intervention training
• The GET-IT
• Safety Inclusion Assessment
What can local authorities and bus operators do to enhance safety for women, girls and other vulnerable users?
This event is aimed Bus / coach operators, local planning and highway authorities, combined authorities.
Susan Leadbetter - Principal Consultant – Liveable Places at WSP
Leads WSPs dedicated Women and Girls' safety team and undertook extensive research into safety perceptions of women and girls on the transport network. Won CIHT’s 2022 "Research initiative of the year" for her study on women's safety
Laura Brooks - CTPP, Senior Planning Adviser at DfT
Laura is a chartered transport planner who is a co-founder of the Gender Equality Toolkit in Transport (GET-IT).
Dr Lucy Baker - Aberystwyth University and THINK, Research Associate
Lucy is a social geographer with research expertise in gender and inclusion in transport and mobility. Lucy is leading the Gender+ Bus project at Aberystwyth University which is considering women’s safety using and accessing buses in Wales and the UK. The project is developing a staff training programme with the gender equality charity Chwarae Teg to help staff recognise and respond to incidents of gendered harassment and violence.
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