Gender-Aware Planning
Do Women and Caregivers Need More From The ‘Mobility Hub’?
It's one of the buzziest planning concepts around. So why is there so little research on how well "mobility hubs" work for women and caregivers?
March 5, 2025
How Car-Centric Cities Make Caring For Families Stressful — Particularly For Women
Women do a disproportionate share of the care-related travel their households rely on — and car-focused planning isn't making matters easier.
May 8, 2024
Mobility Safety from a Feminist Perspective
Gendered mobility patterns, as well as stereotyped road behaviors that reproduce hegemonic male roles associated with exposure to risk, speed, and a sense of immunity and immortality, are killing people.
October 23, 2023
The Brake: What It’s Like to Be a Woman in Transportation (And Why It Matters)
A new zine from a top transit nonprofit explores why the needs of women need to be at the center of U.S. transit planning — and what it's like for gender-marginalized people who are working to change the status quo.
March 15, 2022
Advocates Urge Federal Update of Gender-Biased Crash Test Standards
Simple reforms to federal testing standards could end horrific disparities in car crash deaths between the genders — and the impending enactment of the new infrastructure bill is the perfect time to implement them, a new coalition says.
December 22, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: The Feminist City
Talking to the author of "Feminist City" about how our public spaces could transform our society for the better — and even improve our friendships.
August 19, 2021
Fear of Assault Keeps Women From Walking
And transportation leaders aren’t doing enough to design streets that can make people of all genders feel comprehensively safe traveling outside cars.
June 28, 2021
