10 Amendments of Alice KUHNKE related to 2021/2046(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
A. whereas mobility is not gender neutral; whereas when gender concerns are not taken into account in the design, planning, implementation and evaluation of transport and mobility solutions, they tend to be gender blind, primarily benefiting men and reproducing society’s existing gender biases, norms and inequalities;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital B (new)
Recital B (new)
B. whereas according to the International Transport Forum1a gender is one of the most robust determinants of transport choice; whereas research shows that a higher proportion of men travel by car and motorcycle, while women walk and use public transport and bicycles more than men; whereas trip patterns also vary among genders due to the exiting unequal distribution of gender roles, with men’s trips being more likely to be individual and communing to work while women tend to travel shorter distances, stop more frequently and travel while carrying groceries and/or accompanying children or older family members1b; whereas understanding all the uses and patterns of people’s mobility is essential to fulfil everyone’s needs and promote sustainable and equitable mobility solutions for all; whereas promoting sustainable and equitable mobility solutions for all, and diverse transport choices including public transport, would contribute to the green digital transition; __________________ 1aOECD/ITF, Transport Innovation for Sustainable Development: A Gender Perspective, 2011 transport-innovation- sustainable-development-gender.pdf(itf- oecd.org 1bCivitas, Smart choices for cities Gender equality and mobility: mind the gap! civ_pol-an2_m_web.pdf (civitas.eu) and European Institute for Gender Equality
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital C (new)
Recital C (new)
C. whereas the majority of transport- related statistics generally do not differentiate between genders and even in cases where attention is paid to collecting sex-disaggregated data, these often do not provide disaggregated data on time of day of travel or the full-nature of multi- purpose complex journey patterns undertaken by women; whereas more gender statistics are necessary for better design of policies in the transport sector;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital D (new)
Recital D (new)
D. whereas the transport and planning sectors are heavily dominated by men (only 22 per cent of all employees in the transport sector are female1a); whereas the low representation of women among both decision makers as well as researchers, planners, engineers and designers in the transport sectors, combined with the gender data gap and the unconscious gender biases are some of the reasons why mobility and transport is still designed for and benefits men more than women; __________________ 1aEuropean Commission, https://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/soci al/women-transport-eu-platform- change_en
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to include gender mainstreaming in transport-related legislation, policy, programmes and action, to support cooperation with stakeholders and the exchange of good practices to increase the number of women in transport professions, and to improve the collection and analysis of sex-disaggregated data on behaviour, travel patterns, needs, and concerns in mobility;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls the Commission and Member States to regularly make gender impact assessments on transport legislation, policies and plans in view of correcting and eliminating the prevalent unconscious bias towards men in transport and mobility planning and design and to promote better mobility for all women and everybody who does not fit the average male norm;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that women tend to use new mobility services like car sharing less often, as their daily travel patterns are very different to and more complex than men’s1 ; stresses that smart and sustainable mobility solutions should be designed fairly to improve mobility and accessibility for all, and integrate the concerns, mobility patters and needs for all the users, especially the ones in vulnerable situations as well as those from rural communities; __________________ 1Kawgan-Kagan, I., Popp, M., ‘Sustainability and Gender: a mixed- method analysis of urban women’s mode choice with particular consideration of e- carsharing’, Transportation Research Procedia, Vol 31, 2018, pp. 146-159.
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission, Member States, and local and regional governments to ensure that teams working in mobility and transport policies, planning and design are diverse and inclusive and that women in all their diversity and persons facing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination are consulted;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that fear of harassment and assault when walking, cycling and using public transport influences women’s lives every day; Stress the need not to victimize women but to include their safely and security concerns in the design of the solutions as an integral part of the project; Calls for the need to prioritize, provide, invest and maintain basic infrastructure for walking and cyclising and secure public transport where everybody – young and old, women, non-binary, LGTBI persons, people of diverse racial and ethnic origin, religious people, persons with disabilities among others – feel safe;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that in order to promote and encourage the use of sustainable and green mobility for all there is a need to prioritise its safety and invest in safe sidewalks, safe segregated cycling infrastructure, reducing speed and access for cars to certain streets or areas, ensuring women's right to a mobility free from harassment or any other form of violence and design new, sustainable and flexible mobility solutions that enables trip chaining and adapts to everyone’s needs and travel patterns;