"The studies point to a number of challenges faced by women, including irregular service, overcrowding, and constant risk of sexual harassment. Participants called for expanded public transport feets to address overcrowding and improve reliability. Complaint redressal systems are needed to ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice. Safe, universally accessible sidewalks with adequate lighting and shopfronts that offer an ’eye on the street’ effect are needed to improve security during the walk to public transport stops and stations."  (UN-Habitat, 2021) 

“Popular transport services (...) provide huge coverage, high-frequency services at a low cost. Popular transportation is often the only service available and offers relatively short walking distances from origin to destination. Despite the necessity of these services, popular transit being out of government control has little to no regulation, contributing to shifting prices, lax safety, labour and environment laws and overly centralised and congested routes. Like formal transport services, popular transit is often blind to the complex mobility needs of women which go beyond those of an able-bodied man. Women’s journeys are less linear and often involve more stops than a man’s, for instance, to drop children at school, check on elderly parents, or run household chores. Moreover, women rely more on pedestrian routes, and they are more likely to use public transit during off-peak travel times. Women also have less access to private vehicles and are less likely to have a driver’s license than men. Lastly, women also report regular incidents of sexual harassment and assault on popular transit.” (Baskin, 2023)

“It needs to be carefully considered how the interests and needs of women can be met without promoting unsustainable means of transport. In industrialised countries, a crucial question is how to make women’s more environmentally friendly behaviour a benchmark for all – how to support such behaviour instead of hampering it and forcing women to adopt male behaviour.” (GenderCC)