The participation in the DIAMOND project, identifying and evaluating specific measures to meet the needs and expectations of women as users of different modes of transport and as workers in the sector, has been a final push of Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat (FGC) process of adapting the company to the gender perspective. At the end…
The Covid-19 crisis has significantly affected many aspects of our society including the way people travel. There has been a resurgence of cycling globally as it remains one of the safest, cleaner, most efficient, and healthier mode of transport for urban mobility in the world today. Bike-sharing seems a better mobility option for urban trips…
Although the European Commission define the Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS) protocols as the voluntary integration of social and environmental concerns in the enterprises’ daily business operations and in the interaction with their stakeholders, in the DIAMOND project CSR protocols are more focused on the human responsibility dimension of companies working in the transport system to…
‘Stay at home’ was the often repeated advice given to populations as the Covid-19 pandemic unfolded in 2020. However, from the onset of the pandemic it was clear that many workers could not move to home working in order to minimise risks associated with the virus. Research conducted by researchers involved in the DIAMOND project…
In the autumn of 2020 – commissioned by the Public Transport Authority of Warsaw (Poland’s capital) – a survey was carried out asking female passengers and employees of Warsaw Public Transport what barriers women working in the transport industry face, and what conditions would have to be met for the situation to improve. A total…
To assess the overall benefits of the DIAMOND project in addressing fair inclusion for woman in transport systems and building a more inclusive transport system, an impact assessment framework is proposed. The essence of this framework is to evaluate proposed innovations (fairness interventions or measures) in delivering the main objectives of the DIAMOND project. The…
Caroline Criado Perez’s book “Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men” (ASIN: B07CQ2NZG6) delves into the ‘absent presence’ of women and the gender data gap. It shows how we ignore half the population in a world that has been designed and built principally by men. The gender data gap has resulted in…
User satisfaction surveys were conducted with transport users and professionals for the four use cases of the project, online and in person by the DIAMOND research team between February to October 2020.
Figure 1: Physiological measures in HAV simulator Fully automated vehicles (L4 AVs), still in development, will be a near future reality. Many experts expect this type of vehicles to be affordable and commonplace in the 2040s (Böhm, Kocur et al., 2017), while the 69% respondents of another study estimated that fully automated driving will…
Within the research activities of the H2020 DIAMOND project, the Use Case ‘Vehicle (Bike) Sharing Fleet Management’ is focused on the investigation of women’s needs and expectations as users of the bike-sharing service managed by Syndicat Mixte Autolib et Velib Métropole (VELIB) in the territory of Paris Region-Petite Couronne (France). This is aimed at supporting the…
