Back in 2021, Government chose two senior officers from Transport for West Midlands – Laura Shoaf, Chief Executive and Anne Shaw, Executive Director – to lead efforts to tackle violence against women and girls on transport. They were the UK's first Violence Against Women and Girls Transport Champions, part of a wider campaign to tackle violence against women and girls.
A set of recommendations on making the transport network safer for women and girls was published in March 2022 and highlighted some key areas for focus:
A pilot tool, StreetSafe, which enables the public to anonymously report areas where they feel unsafe, was also launched.
These recommendations followed findings that almost half of women have felt threatened when travelling on public transport, stopping them from accessing opportunities such as education and employment as well as socialising.
In July 2022, £50m of funding was announced for communities across England and Wales in the fourth round of the Safer Streets Fund.
Many of the Transport Champions' recommendations were put in place during the Commonwealth Games:
The pioneering Safer Travel Partnership, for example, is a collaboration between West Midlands Police, Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) and British Transport Police.
Chair: Rebecca Fuller, Assistant Director, Urban Transport Group
Speakers:
Anne Shaw, Executive Director, Transport for West Midlands
Faith Wilkinson, Head of InclusiveTravel, Department for Transport
Nia Mellor, Detective Chief Inspector, British Transport Police and Portfolio lead for sexual offences and VAWG
Nikki Swanson, TravelSafe Officer, Liverpool City Region
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