Heather Allen
Heather Allen Senior Consultant on Gender and Sustainable Transport Median SRL Villers la ville, Belgium

Biography

Heather is an international expert on gender and sustainable urban public transport. Recent projects include a global review of the state of data on gender in urban transport (Counting women so women count), projects in Tbilisi, (Georgia) and developing a tool for cities to address sexual harassment in Nigeria and Malawi.

Sessions

Save to calendar 16-11-2022 14:00 16-11-2022 14:15 Europe/Madrid New Ways to Achieve Gender Equality in Transport – Keynote Heather Allen

A growing body of evidence points to the differences between men and women travel patterns and mode usage. While it is common to consider urban transport to be gender-neutral, transport planning is unconsciously biased towards traditional male travel patterns and modes. What are the structural gender differences and mobility patterns resulting from them? How can they be best taken into account by cities and urban planners?

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/new-ways-to-achieve-gender-equality-in-transport-keynote-heather-allen/

Mobility Room

New Ways to Achieve Gender Equality in Transport – Keynote Heather Allen

Tomorrow.Mobility #Future and Digital Transportation, #Gender Equality, #Public Transport, #Transport Infrastructure, #Travel Behaviour, #Urban Planning
Wednesday, November 16 - 14:00h - 14:15h (GMT+)
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