Women's Transport Network

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Aim

  • To promote transport systems and pedestrian environments that are safe and accessible for all and to encourage women to enter and progress in the transport industry.

Objectives

  • To secure wider understanding of women's specific transport needs and requirements.
  • To accommodate these needs in the design and provision of transport and pedestrian environments.
  • To encourage women to enter and succeed in the transport industry.
  • To encourage women to contribute to transport planning and development at all levels.
  • To provide a central reference point of publications and experience.

Membership

  • Open to all women and men in the transport industry who share the aims and work towards the objectives.

Programme

  • Contribute to policy development through participation in seminars and journals.
  • Publicise and underline the business case for safe and accessible transport.
  • Liaise with professional and trade associations, other women's groups and international contacts.
  • Target education and training through schools, educational establishment and professional institutions.
  • Encourage and assist women to be better represented at conferences, with honorary positions and on public appointments.

If you want to join the Network please contact:

Annette Lewis
Mobility and Inclusion Unit
Department for Transport
Zone 1/18
Great Minster House
76 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DR
Tel: 020 7944 5281
Fax: 020 7944 6102
E-mail: annette.lewis@dft.gsi.gov.uk