Toulouse: an on-demand descent device against harassment in transport
As part of the day against violence against women, Tisséo announced the launch of an on-demand descent experiment in the event of harassment in public transport.
As part of the day against violence against women, Tisséo announced the launch of an on-demand descent experiment in the event of harassment in public transport.
The device was presented this Thursday by Julie Escudier, city councilor of Toulouse delegated in charge of gender equality, Nicolas Misiak, president of Tisséo Voyageurs, and Karine Traval-Michelet, vice-president of Toulouse Métropole and member of the Committee Syndical of Tisséo Collectivités.
“It consists of offering any traveler, in particular when he is likely to experience a feeling of insecurity, from asking the driver to get off between two bus stops in order to be closer to his destination,” explains Tisséo. evening and night, the on-demand descent service provides reassurance by avoiding too many journeys on foot.
Lineo lines 1 and 2
From Thursday November 25, 2021 and until June 30, 2022, Tisséo is launching an experiment of this device on the Linéo 1 (between Sept-Deniers and Salvador Dali / Fonsegrives Entiore – from 9 p.m., the terminus is at the Gymnase de l’Hers) and Linéo 2 (Colomiers Lycée International and Arènes) between 10 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. The service allows anyone in a vulnerable situation who requests it, to get off between two stops.
Tisséo officials specify that the driver decides on the feasibility of the request while respecting the route of the line and the possible descent zones identified, beforehand, according to precise criteria: sufficient lighting, clear visibility zone, stabilized surface without vehicle parking, suitable pedestrian path near the descent zone, etc. “