Women on the move

This LWPF seminar is concerned with women and transport in London today. It aims to bring together practitioners, researchers and activists dealing with transport politics in London, and seeks to understand and assert gender issues in public and private transport. In so doing, the seminar aims to engage a broad debate about the politics of transport in London.

The seminar asks:

• In what ways is transport a gender issue?
• What are the demands and experiences of women travelling in London?
• How can safety and reliability of London transport be improved?
• How can public/private finance initiatives produce solutions that increase the efficiency and variety of public transport in London?
• What are the potential benefits of private finance initiatives in London transport?
• How can private investment in public transport infrastructure work in women's interests?
• How can we ensure that women are included in decision-making processes?

There will be three keynote addresses given by women working with the London environment, followed by interactive discussions between attendees and speakers.

Our three speakers are:

Michelle Diver, who works in TfL to monitor the impacts of congestion charging. Her main area of responsibility is to specify and manage the congestion charging social impacts monitoring programme. The research involves household surveys, individual surveys, on-street surveys and qualitative work which focuses upon groups that are of particular interest to the monitoring function.

Imogen Miller is a transport consultant who is involved in the 'Safer Travel At Night' campaign

Marie Lenclos is a researcher and an artist. She did an MA in Communication Art and Design at the Royal College of Art. Since becoming a mother in 1998, her visual work has been oriented towards understanding the place of mothers of young children in society, with a focus on London. This year she has been commissioned by the GLA to make a video exploring childcare issues from parents' perspective. This video was screened at Capitalwoman in March.

Seminar Timetable

• 1.30pm Registration
• 2.00pm Presentations and questions
  • Michelle Diver 'The Social Impacts of Congestion Charging'
  • Imogen Miller 'Safer Travel At Night'
  • Marie Lenclos 'How People Do It: Taking Young Children On Public Transport in London'
• 3.30pm Afternoon tea 3.45pm Discussion groups 4.45pm Summation

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