The Future of Mobility is Safer (and how we get there)

The Future of Mobility is Safer (and how we get there)

Women in Transport member, Jillian Kowalchuk, is the Founder and CEO of Safe & The City. The only street-smart app to navigate cities based on safety not just speed and empowering each journey to count towards smarter and safer spaces. In this guest blog, Jillian shares her mission to change the world for the better and how technology can and is helping support safer mobility.

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Whistle-stop tour of influential women in the world of transport

Whistle-stop tour of influential women in the world of transport

Driving for Better Business is halfway through a year of videos, podcasts and features, launched to mark International Women’s Day (8 March). This initiative is raising awareness of the thousands of women who work in the transport sector, from CEOs of large multinational corporates, national and local government officials, directors of influential safety charities, freelancers, apprentices and everything between. Transport – like all areas of life – benefits from a diverse range of influences to best serve everyone.

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Join the Bus Users UK Board and help make transport more accessible

Join the Bus Users UK Board and help make transport more accessible

Bus Users UK are looking for new Trustees with the energy and drive to make public transport accessible to everyone. As well as campaigning for inclusive, accessible transport the organisation handles complaints, promotes active and sustainable travel and strives to improve bus and coach services for everyone. Trustees are pivotal in guiding this work and Bus Users UK are now seeking new members to broaden and strengthen its Board through their skills, knowledge, diversity and lived experience.

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Meet the women putting the power into transport

Meet the women putting the power into transport

There’s a highly experienced HGV and racing driver; a Traffic Officer who keeps traffic safe and moving on the motorways in the Midlands; and someone changing the face of road freight in sub-Saharan Africa and India – meet just some of the women who are breaking the bias in the world of transport.

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Women In Transport confirms cross-party support for making women feel safe while travelling on the transport network

Women In Transport confirms cross-party support for making women feel safe while travelling on the transport network

Women in Transport has today announced the continued support of parliamentarians from across the political spectrum in addressing the under-representation of women in the transport industry workforce, as well as cross-party endorsement for making women feel safe as transport users.

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Deadline for the 2022 Amazon everywoman in Transport & Logistics awards extended for two weeks

Deadline for the 2022 Amazon everywoman in Transport & Logistics awards extended for two weeks

The deadline for the 2022 Amazon everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards, launched to inspire more women to progress careers in the industry, has been extended for two weeks until 21st February 2022. The awards celebrate the vital contribution women make to transport and logistics showcasing progression, accomplishments and increasing avenues of opportunity within a traditionally male-dominated industry

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