Women are given too little attention in traffic planning
politics
Far too little consideration is given to the needs of women in transport policy. Sabine Klausner, the SPÖ’s traffic spokeswoman in the Salzburg state parliament, criticizes this. Women usually have completely different paths and needs than men.
When talking about mobility in everyday life, for men it is mainly about the one way from home to work and back. It’s completely different for women, says SPÖ traffic spokeswoman Sabine Klausner: “It starts in the morning when women take the children to kindergarten and school. In between, women also look after people close to home, relatives have to do their shopping and take the children to their leisure activities in the afternoon.” However, according to Klausner, these are completely different chains of journeys than men have.
Call for more women in transport planning and transport policy
Because women also have less cars than men, they are dependent on public transport. But there are some annoyances, says the SPÖ traffic spokeswoman: “Women are out and about with prams, when they are caring for close relatives they are out and about with wheelchairs, walkers and there are often little things missing, such as a lack of sloping sidewalk edges that hinder.” According to Klausner, there is still room for improvement in terms of accessibility at bus stops and train stations. She therefore calls for more consideration of women’s needs in transport policy. For Klausner, that would mean more women in transport planning and more women in transport policy.