A Design Framework for Women-Centered Mobility Hub

Purpose and goal:

Combining experiences in Sweden and USA, the project will develop a Design Framework for Women-Centered Mobility Hubs, co-located centers offering shared mobility options, infrastructure and services centered on women and caregivers. By focusing on women, our hypothesis is that accessibility also increases for other users of transportation systems. The goal of the project is to develop a guide for planning, designing, and building infrastructure and services that can lower emissions, address gender-based equity issues and serve the more vulnerable users of transportation.

Expected results and effects:

Shared mobility can lower emissions, address equity, and increase access, especially when paired with visible and accessible infrastructure in mobility hubs. This project will develop a deeper understanding of the physical, digital, informational and institutional infrastructure needed to create and support women-centered mobility hub systems. The Design Framework could be a vital tool for a just transition to low- or zero-carbon transportation systems in the US, Sweden, and across the globe. The project is expected to create a platform for new investments to equalize mobility.

Approach and implementation:

The approach for Design Framework for Women-Centered Mobility Hubs is to proceed from knowledge harvesting to deep conversations with women and caregivers in Sweden and USA, in order to build a framework for mobility hubs - the physical design, the data gathering, the services, the amenities, and the experience - to cater to women and caregivers first. The project is organized with core components of knowledge sharing, stakeholder dialogues, and conceptual design workshops.

The project structure enables the iteration of findings and project results to deliver proof of concept.