Comments on: CGI Live Blogging: Investing in Girls and Women…for Safer Public Transportation? http://thecityfix.com/cgi-live-blogging-investing-in-girls-and-women-for-safer-public-transportation/ Sustainable Urban Mobility Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:21:36 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: anonymouse http://thecityfix.com/cgi-live-blogging-investing-in-girls-and-women-for-safer-public-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-3658 anonymouse Sun, 27 Sep 2009 07:40:31 +0000 http://thecityfix.com/?p=1987#comment-3658 Random fun fact: in the USSR, there was a definite gender segregation among transport workers. Driving trains and buses was (and largely still is) considered men's work, but trams and trolleybuses were largely run by female drivers. Random fun fact: in the USSR, there was a definite gender segregation among transport workers. Driving trains and buses was (and largely still is) considered men’s work, but trams and trolleybuses were largely run by female drivers.

]]> By: Erica Schlaikjer http://thecityfix.com/cgi-live-blogging-investing-in-girls-and-women-for-safer-public-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-3635 Erica Schlaikjer Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:56:20 +0000 http://thecityfix.com/?p=1987#comment-3635 Jim, Thanks so much for the link to WBF! We appreciate your solutions-oriented outlook :) Did you get a chance to read Noah Kazis' post about the gender gap in urban cycling (posted on TheCityFix DC)? I think you'd find it interesting. Erica Editor, TheCityFix.com Jim,

Thanks so much for the link to WBF! We appreciate your solutions-oriented outlook :)

Did you get a chance to read Noah Kazis’ post about the gender gap in urban cycling (posted on TheCityFix DC)? I think you’d find it interesting.

Erica
Editor, TheCityFix.com

]]> By: Jim Sayer http://thecityfix.com/cgi-live-blogging-investing-in-girls-and-women-for-safer-public-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-3634 Jim Sayer Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:42:38 +0000 http://thecityfix.com/?p=1987#comment-3634 Excellent post but it left out another important transportation option for women: bicycles. I just heard an excellent presentation yesterday by FK Day of World Bicycle Relief (WBF) on the empowerment and security women (and men and children) realize when their mobility and independence is greatly amplified by provision of affordable, reliable bicycles. WBF also uses a simple and fair micro-finance program to enable program participants in Africa to more easily and quickly access these bicycles. Check it out here: http://www.worldbicyclerelief.org/ Excellent post but it left out another important transportation option for women: bicycles. I just heard an excellent presentation yesterday by FK Day of World Bicycle Relief (WBF) on the empowerment and security women (and men and children) realize when their mobility and independence is greatly amplified by provision of affordable, reliable bicycles. WBF also uses a simple and fair micro-finance program to enable program participants in Africa to more easily and quickly access these bicycles. Check it out here: http://www.worldbicyclerelief.org/

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