The TSU hosts Caroline Criado Perez for the Annual Lecture

Despite its binary framing, the talk, titled “Women, Travel and Data Bias”, highlighted how women’s mobility experience and needs have been historically overlooked. Criado Perez pointed out that most transport systems are design based on data collected from men’s travel patterns, leading to inefficient and unsafe conditions for women. Issues such as inadequate car safety assessments, lack of transport data reflective of caregiving duties, as well as issues of safety and harassment while travelling were central to her discussion. She emphasized the need for gender-sensitive data collection to ensure equitable delivery and proposed policy recommendations, including improving safety measures, and integrating women’s perspectives in transport research and planning.

Moderated by the director of the TSU, Tim Schwanen, and attended by over 200 people both in person and online, an engaging Q&A session followed the talk and allowed attendees to delve deeper into the topics discussed. Participants posed questions about policy implementation of inclusive transport planning and ways to bridge existing data gaps.