The World's Worst Transportation Systems for Women Crina Boros - Thomson Reuters Foundation
go to original November 24, 2014

Women push open the sliding doors of a women-only passenger car in the subway in Mexico City. (Edgard Garrido/Reuters)

Latin American cities have the most dangerous transport systems for women with about six in every 10 women physically harassed, while New York City is safest, according to a Thomson Reuters Foundation survey of some of the world's largest cities.

The poll of 15 of the world's largest capitals and New York, the most populous U.S. city, found Bogota in Colombia ranked as having the most unsafe public transport, with women scared to travel after dark, followed by Mexico City, Lima, then Delhi.

The survey of more than 6,550 women and gender experts ranked Moscow as the worst European capital, coming ninth in the list, with women lacking confidence that authorities would investigate reports of abuse. Paris came 11th due to little confidence that other passengers would help a woman in trouble.

New York was rated the best of the 16 cities by women and experts asked their views on women's safety on trains and buses in their cities, followed by Tokyo, the world's largest capital with 38 million people, then Beijing and London.

The survey, conducted online by pollster YouGov and with the Thomson Reuters Foundation's own investigation with specialists in each city, as studies repeatedly show a link between safe transport and women's economic empowerment and ability to work and study.

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