August 31, 2021
Request stops in Hyderabad city buses make women’s travel safer
Hyderabad's new measure to increase women's safety allows them to request to be picked up and dropped off anywhere on a bus route.
Aila Bandagi
Aila Bandagi is an urban researcher and activist. Her work focuses on gender and cities in India. She is an India Urban Fellow from the Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore, and holds a master’s degree in development studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad. She previously worked as a fact-checker with Factly and as a research associate for inclusive development at the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP). She is currently working as an independent researcher.
Articles by Aila Bandagi
February 10, 2021
We need a gender-sensitive public transport system
Urban transport planning in Indian cities is not gender-sensitive. This needs to change if we want women to be independent and empowered.
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