Comapared with men, women spend more time in public spaces, they walk more and and use public transport more often. They are also more exposed to assaults and violence. Safety in cities is therefore a key issue for women.

A pilot project in Bogotá designed to enable women in particular to move around the city more safely is a good example of what gender-sensitive transport planning can look like in practice. Bogotá was the first city ever to analyse its entire network of roads and cycle lanes using an app to measure how safe women are on the basis of eight criteria. In addition, more than 14.000 women were interviewed about how safe they feel on public transport. The data was summarised as an index and its findings have already been put to use: five places with a particularly bad rating have been identified and redesigned in a participatory process involving the local population.

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