Taking Up [Public] Space

How women experience mobility is very different from men. This is deeply rooted in community-driven gender roles with economic, social and livelihood influences. Mobility needs of women tend to be heterogeneous. While men use transport services largely to work and back, women combine domestic and caregiving tasks with work trips. The trips are short, multimodal and frequent.  Chandigarh, as a city, does not have ample public transportation. Hence, access and egress become a very important point of discussion and need resolving as it makes many  women dependent on public transport or they travel on foot. Hence, the need to rethink the design of bus stops.