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“Mind the Gender Gap” is almost, but not quite congruent with the “Disability Gap”
It would seem, that in spite of much unfavourable publicity, that London is well ahead of some other places I could name ( Particularly the Paris Metro ) in this field.
And that many parts of the US, even those that do have some public transport, are well-behind.
Escalators are obvious;y better than steps & having lifts that work all the time ( Walthamstow Central, I’m looking at you ) are even better of course
Of all the cities in the world for London to partner with, LA isn’t one that springs to mind! A sprawling city with no real centre and enormous freeways linking everywhere.
It’s certainly hard to see how London could learn much
@Mikey C
I suspect it’s not for LA’s public transport expertise that London is partnering with them, but its tech startup culture and logistics innovation:
“They will give companies the chance to participate in “startup exchanges,” allowing early-stage businesses to pitch ideas in both cities.
“The approach will be piloted through TfL’s London FreightLab challenge…”
On Mind the Gender Gap, BBC News article Barcelona’s smart city car-free experiment 2 Jan 2020 has a 8 min video about feminist urban planners Punt 6, six point plan to design cities better for women including more women’s toilets, pedestrianisation by superblocks and bench seats.
“Transit validation”, apart from being a hideous phrase, is an idea whose time has probably passed – in London at least – with the preponderance of pay as you go, Travelcards and various discount/concession schemes. Many people will effectively be charged again for travel they would get free or very cheap, or not need as they live near the venue. Unless it applies countrywide (where do you draw the line?) it could also encourage even more of the existing tendency to drive to the nearest Underground station and park there. There’s also the admin and extra cost of getting a physical travel ticket to each participant when the event ticket is almost certainly sent electronically, or arranging some electronic means compatible with London’s existing fares infrastucture (or paying for barcode readers on each station and bus!), or analysing pay as you go journeys and refunding retrospectively.