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Surprise! Women often feel unsafe while taking public transportation and even change their routes to avoid the spaces they fear.In her latest study, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris looks at what women fear the most when taking public transportation, what women need, and what innovative solutions are out there. In 2006, Loukaitou-Sideris and team did a survey of […]

Last week we discussed the prevalence of sexual harassment and assault on WMATA.  Today for our Public Transit Awareness Month, we look at what other cities are doing to address the problem on their trains and buses. Boston In April 2008, Boston launched the nation’s first ever anti-sexual harassment campaign, which led to a 74 […]

While we know that WMATA doesn’t always responded well to  sexual harassment and assault reports, we do believe that it is important to report incidents and file complaints in order to document its prevalence.  Sexual harassment and assault on our Metro trains and buses is very underreported.  According to The Sexist, in 2009, there were 47 […]

I was waiting for the H bus on the corner of Irving & Mt Pleasant Street in the Mt Pleasant neighborhood, when a man approached me and asked if I spoke Spanish. After I said no he switched to English, asking me if I would date him and whether or not I was married. My […]

Since our first post last March we’ve received more than 200 experiences from individuals across the DC Metro area. We knew that many of the incidents occurred on pubic transportation but we were curious to find out the exact numbers. Here is the break down: 40 reported incidents occurred on the Metro 8 reported incidents […]