This project aims to initiate a history of the introduction and development of the question of women and gender in the studies and theories related to transport systems and mobility. 

The last analyses examine the demand for transport for all modes of transport, the exposure to risk or even the conditions of exercise of transport-related professions.

By relying on a method of individual interviews and testimonies, this project aims to understand the consequences of the introduction of the question of women's mobility on:

1. The historical analysis, the development of new methodological tools but also their dissemination within the academic community.

2. The definition and implementation of transport policies at the level of operators, decision-makers, local and national public authorities, and their articulation with other public policies related to employment, health, and education.

On January 12, 2023, we met Sandi Rosenbloom, Beth Baker, Gloria Jeff, Susan Liss, Marsha Anderson Bomar, Maryvonne Plessis-Fraissard, and Lidia Kostyniuk within the framework of the witness seminar. It was moderated by Zachary Schrag. We have conducted individual interviews to deepen the discussions. We have equally interviewed other actors and stakeholders of the emergence of this issue.

We have put in evidence that the first works, academic and operational, on the question of women's needs in terms of specifics of displacements appeared in the second half of the 1970s. These works focused on two questions: that of mobility (type of displacement, budget-distance, budget-time, modal choice, travel motive) of women and that of their exposure to road risk (the exposure to risk also being that the frequency and severity of accidents differ greatly between men and women as well as the geographical and institutional context).

We have chosen to organize the conference for March 12 and 13, 2025, just after March 8, to further anchor it in the current context of women's rights. You can find the detailed programme here.