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By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:38:47 +0000

I live in New York City and we certainly don’t have women-only transit. Compared with the state of transit in many cities worldwide, women are pretty fortunate in general here. That being said, given the choice to ride in a women-only subway car or bus, I’d do it in a heartbeat. Even in the USA, the taunting, comments, spread-legs sitting, etc. is unbearable. If I never had to ride in a transit vehicle with men again, I’d be ecstatic. Of course, I couldn’t ride with my boyfriend… but it might just be worth it.

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Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:51:49 +0000

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By: Sibel

Sibel — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:20:04 +0000

I think Amy makes a very important point: “(that) women’s groups viewed single-sex transit as tacitly condoning the groping that occurs on regular buses.”
better policing is a way to temporarily stop the groping. but the long term solution is for men to understand that the behavior is wrong. Services are provided with the understanding that people inherently know how to use them. However, the more I observe human behavior the more impressed I am with our ignorance/selfishness. For example, having people on the platform step asinde to let people off the vehicle…Maybe we need to pay more attention to educating the public transit user.

By: Dario Hidalgo

Dario Hidalgo — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:07:13 +0000

Quality transport might not come by providing buses or rail cars for each type of user… but by bringing occupation standards to acceptable levels. This is not easy, as more buses are required (implying more fare) but we have to come with ingienous solutions: why not charging automobilist their external costs via congestion charging (like London and Singapur) and using the revenues to improve transit service quality?

By: Ethan Arpi

Ethan Arpi — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:11:42 +0000

It’s an interesting point, Amy. I suppose that it’s possible that having separated buses is just an excuse for not cracking down on sexual harassment. What would be nice is to see an effort to better police buses so that this type of thing doesn’t have to happen. But in the mean time, its probably good that women have a choice about which bus to get on.

By: Amy Cassara

Amy Cassara — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:56:45 +0000

Thanks for the post, Ethan. I was wondering if there were any negative responses to these buses, though. In Brazil, for example, women’s groups viewed single-sex transit as tacitly condoning the groping that occurs on regular buses. More globally, many laws that actually restrict women’s rights are ostensibly passed “for their protection.” Are there concerns about this in Mexico City?