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Remarkable Women
in Transport 2021
Female Change-Makers
Transforming Mobility
Edition 2021 (3rd Edition)
Launched on International
Women‘s Day March 8th 2021
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Remarkable Women
in Transport 2021
Female Change-Makers
Transforming Mobility
The series’ third round
TUMI and Women Mobilize Women are delighted to publish the third annual edition of Annabel Bradbury 4
Remarkable Women in Transport! We are especially grateful to the Remarkable Women in Bianca Macêdo 4
our network and the TUMI Partners for supporting us in identifying women who’ve made Carolyn Whitzman 5
extraordinary contributions to transport. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry 6
Engr. Abimbola Akinajo 7
Historically, urban and transport planners have failed to take gender aspects into Dr. Jana Kühl 7
consideration. A diverse workforce including various perspectives is essential to develop Dr. Jaqueline M. Klopp 8
and implement gender-responsive mobility systems. While this publication is by no means Isabel Granada-Garcés 8
all-encompassing of the thousands of women in transport who make great contributions Julia Nebrija 9
everyday, we hope that these selected few inspire you in 2021. Just browse and get inspired! Marta Serrano 10
Monica Saraiva Panik 11
www.transformative-mobility.org Natalie Draisin 12
Patricia Martínez Barba 12
Patricia Nzolantima 13
Rana Kortam 13
Rebecca Karbaumer 14
Seçil Öznur Yakan 14
Sonya Byers 15
Vidhya Mohankumar 16
Xianyuan Zhu 17
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Women make up less
than 20% of the global
transport workforce.
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(ILOSTAT, 2019) The inclusion of women in the transportation sector is an economic imperative that’s
critical to the sector’s growth and long-term sustainability. However, due to a systemic lack
of awareness and exposure to career pathways, women continue to be underrepresented
in transportation occupations. For decades, decision-making and transport-planning was
done almost exclusively by men. Due to lack of data collection and personal experiences, the
The Transformative able-bodied male perspective struggled to take into account the challenges that women,
Urban Mobility Initiative children or vulnerable citizens face in their daily mobility. For example, women typically
(TUMI) supports women in the travel shorter distances during off-peak hours. Trip-chaining and mobility of care shape
transport sector. With Women women’s mobility, which is often restricted due to the risk of sexual harassment and other
Mobilize Women, TUMI specifically forms of violence both on the street and on public transport.
addresses the need to involve and empower
female change-makers in the transport sector Yet, women make up more than half of the global population, and society simply wouldn’t
to progress mobility systems and to cater to function without them. In 2020, as the world stood still and transportation came to a halt,
women’s needs. Women Mobilize Women serves as a women kept moving, acting as a driving force behind many of the structural changes cities
network and information hub which strongly influences are seeing in mobility today. Let’s keep this momentum going so we can reach our goals
the international debate on the role and potential of women of sustainable mobility systems, safe cities and equitable societies. These goals are not
in the mobility sector. achievable without the essential women in the transport sector, whose perspectives will
help make mobility equitable and inclusive. Only by including women in decision-making
can the transport industry best utilize their invaluable experiences and perspectives.
www.womenmobilize.org
@TUMInitiative We are honored to illuminate the work of these outstanding female experts who have
Women Mobilize Women contributed to sustainable mobility solutions – By women.
Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative
For everyone!
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Annabel Bradbury Bianca Macêdo
UK Director at Cardno Emerging Markets Urban Mobility Independent Consultant
Annabel Bradbury has worked in a transport She managed the Transport Services Bianca Macêdo is a Transportation
research capacity for the whole of her 22- portfolio of the program in 12 countries in Engineer with several years of experience
year career. She provides advisory support Sub-Saharan Africa and five countries in in sustainable mobility planning and
on rural transport services, Sustainable South Asia, and designed and managed implementation. While working at the
Livelihood Approaches, social inclusion and a portfolio of rural transport projects, Municipality of Fortaleza, she led relevant
stakeholder consultation. She completed including the flagship ‘Rural Access projects that raised the city’s mobility
a part-time PhD on the contribution of Index’ project and the ReCAP program. policies into international recognition, such
Sustainable Livelihood Approaches to Annabel is a widely published and cited as the free bike share system’s expansion
the effectiveness of transport planning in expert and has presented and chaired at to the suburbs, the program against sexual
developing countries. Her Thesis emphasized international conferences in Africa and Asia, harassment in public transport, the Re-cycle
the use of transport in social trip making and including the UNESCAP Expert Meeting project of electric tricycles for recyclable
the importance of accessibility and mobility on transport connectivity in Bangkok; and waste pickers, the cycling infrastructure
for maintenance of social networks. Annabel she represented the ReCAP programme on expansion and the specific bike share
is a Fellow of the Chartered Institution the Sustainable Mobility for all (SuM4All) systems for children and for integration with
of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) Steering Committee. Annabel is co-author public transport. She also has experience in
in recognition of her contribution to the of a paper on Raising the Profile of the Rural sustainable urban mobility plans, gender
profession. Access Index as an SDG Indicator, which was and transport studies in Brazil and Guyana
awarded the World Road Association UK and advocacy for women and bicycles. As
Annabel is a Company Director, responsible prize for Sustainable Development in 2019; an independent consultant, she has worked
for UK operations at Cardno Emerging and was lead author of the editorial prepared in sustainable mobility projects with a focus
Markets and was the Deputy Team Leader for the themed issue of the Institution of on air quality, health, gender and inclusion
(2017-2020) for the UK Aid programme - Civil Engineer‘s (ICE) Transport journal on of vulnerable groups.
Research for Community Access Partnership Gender Mainstreaming in Rural Transport
(ReCAP). (2020). @BiancaMacdo6
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Carolyn Whitzman
Adjunct Professor in the Department of
Geography, Environment and Geomatics
at the University of Ottawa and
Honorary Professor in Urban Planning
at the University of Melbourne
Carolyn has worked for over 30 years in Her books include Building Inclusive Cities:
government, the university sector and as Women’s Safety and the Right to the City
a consultant focused on enabling the right (lead editor, Routledge, 2013) and The
to the city. Her research interests include: Handbook of Gender, Violence Prevention
housing policy to support adequate homes and Community Safety (Earthscan, 2007).
for all; planning for liveable and equitable She recently contributed two chapters to
cities in a national and international context; Transit Crime and Sexual Violence in Cities:
interventions to increase independent International Evidence and Prevention (eds.
mobility for children; and the development Vania Ceccato and Anastasis Loukaitou-
of participatory planning tools with women, Sideris, Routledge, 2020).
children, and people with disabilities.
Carolyn has an international reputation for @CWhitzman
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Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry
President of the World Maritime
World Maritime University
University
WMU was established by the International Maritime Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry is the first She has assisted many countries around
Organization 38 years ago. The last five years has also female president of the World Maritime the world in developing and implementing
seen a significant increase in the number of women University (WMU) and has spearheaded national legislation in order to effectively
graduates. There has also been a huge growth and its growth. Prior to joining WMU, she give life to the Maritime Labour Convention
diversity in its Faculty and Staff composition. The served in a number of capacities at the and to ensure the safety of seafarers.
establishment in 2018 of the WMU-Sasakawa Global International Labour Organization (ILO),
Ocean Institute within the university to address global including Director of the International Dr. Doumbia-Henry has done remarkable
ocean issues has been an important milestone. It is Labour Standards Department, Director work combatting HIV and AIDS within
already a leading research institution. The Vision of of the Sectoral Activities Department and the Transport Sector, especially among
WMU is to inspire leadership and innovation for a Senior Legal Officer in the Office of the Legal seafarers who are particularly vulnerable to
sustainable maritime and oceans future. Adviser. During her 30-year-long period of the effects of the pandemic, as well as other
service at the ILO, she led the drafting of over diseases.
60 ILO Conventions and Recommendations
advocating for seafarers’ rights. Moreover, Cleopatra has been and continues to be an
she created the Maritime Labour Academy. ardent advocate of seafarers’ rights.
Cleopatra studied international law and
worked among others with the Iran-US
Claims Tribunal in The Hague.
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Managing Director, LAMATA Professor for Bicycle Traffic
Management,
Engr. Abimbola Akinajo, a chartered civil engineer, is the Managing Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences
Director at the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority
(LAMATA). She has over 30 years’ experience in the design and Since 1 November 2020, Dr. Jana Kühl is Her contributions in teaching and research
delivery of major transport and infrastructure projects in the United Germany’s first professor of Bicycle Traffic motivate her to inspire future transport planners
Kingdom and Nigeria. In the UK where Abimbola worked for over Management. to really integrate cycling planning and find
two decades, she gained extensive knowledge in the delivery of high- solutions for more sustainable mobility.
profile rail infrastructure projects. Among others, she was involved She studied geography at the Christian-
in projects such as major London Rail bridge replacement projects, Albrechts-University of Kiel and moved Most recently, Jana participated in an
the Connect Project (implementation of updated communications to the Institute for Regional and Urban acceptance study in the Cultural Geography
systems on the London Underground System) and the East London Development Research Dortmund after Working Group at the University of Kiel
Line project handover. earning her diploma. There she worked on a on the testing of demand-responsive,
project that examined, among other things, autonomous buses as public transport in
In Lagos, Nigeria, she delivered the 14-kilometre Oshodi to Abule how everyday mobility and the choice of rural areas. For her planned post-doctoral
Egba Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, commenced the construction place of residence interact. During her project, the scientist is looking at what effect
of the first phase of the 37-kilometre Lagos Rail Mass Transit Red doctoral studies at the Technical University infrastructural measures in cycling - such as
Line project, completed the first TUMI-funded Lagos Sidewalk Pilot of Dortmund, she was a research assistant cycle lanes - can have on the motivation to
Project and is working to deliver the Red and Blue Rail line projects in the Department of Regional Planning and switch to cycling in everyday mobility.
in the third and fourth quarter 2022 respectively. Planning Theory and taught empirical social
research in cooperation with the department In her private life, Jana has also geared
Engr. Akinajo is a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (MICE), of transport planning. Her research focuses her mobility toward cycling and owns five
Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) and on sustainable mobility, urban green spaces bicycles, one for each everyday situation, in
Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE). and social ways of thinking and acting. order to always be mobile without using a car.
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Dr. Jaqueline M. Klopp Isabel Granada-Garcés
Co-Director Center for Sustainable Senior Sector Specialist, Inter American Development Bank
Urban Development, Earth Institute,
Columbia University Isabel is a Senior Sector Specialist at the Inter-American Development
Bank (IDB) where she leads the preparation of multisector programs
Dr. Jacqueline Klopp co-directs the Center for She is also a core member of the Clean Air promoting inclusive interventions in the Latin American and
Sustainable Urban Development at the Earth Toolbox for Cities, an interdisciplinary network Caribbean region. Passionate about development and convinced
Institute. She is an action-oriented research centered at Columbia University that aims to of the power of collectivity and equality, Isabel has worked in
scholar who focuses on pathways to safe, low- support cities primarily in Africa and Asia with the transport sector for more 10 years where she has designed,
emission and equitable transport, and land- emissions, source and health impact data to executed, and overseen transport infrastructure projects. She has
use. Jacqueline has been spearheading efforts address air pollution and climate change. led initiatives like the IDB Transport Gender LAB, a network of Latin
to leverage new mapping to strengthen American cities committed to mainstreaming gender equality.
advocacy for improved public transportation Dr. Klopp received her B.A. from Harvard Isabel has promoted multiple case studies and analyses of mobility
and reduced air pollution. She is a founding University in Physics and her Ph.D. in Political patterns in several cities in the LAC region. Isabel has also developed
member of the award winning DigitalMatatus Science from McGill University. At Columbia cutting edge technology solutions with a focus on improving access
consortium which produced the first open University she serves on the Environmental opportunities for the most vulnerable populations.
transit data and public transit map for Nairobi’s Justice and Climate Just Cities network and
quasi-formal minibus transit system. She also on the Sustainable Columbia faculty advisory Throughout her career,Isabel has dedicated her passion for
helped found “Digital Cairo”, a consortium led committee on transportation, which aims collective work and innovation to make gender equality in transport
by Transport4Cairo to create open transport to radically reduce the university’s transport and infrastructure both a common denominator and a familiar
data. With the French Development Agency, emissions and support public and nonmoto- narrative. Isabel has a track record as a civil servant, working at
the Inter-American Development Bank and rized transport in Northern Manhattan. She the National Department of Planning in Colombia and as an IDB
the World Resource Institute, she continues to also teaches in the Sustainable Development transport consultant for Transmilenio. She also worked in private
support new collaborative platforms on open undergraduate program at Columbia University. the companies ARUP and IBM. Isabel is a proud Civil Engineer from
transit data for Africa: DigitalTransport4Africa Los Andes University in Colombia, MSc. In Transport Economics
DATUM. @jmklopp1 and Business Management from Imperial College London.
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particularly passionate about transforming as an urban specialist with the World Bank
streetscapes to support more livable before serving as the Assistant General
communities. Her dedication to inclusive Manager of Operations for the Metropolitan
mobility grew from her own experiences Manila Development Authority, Program
walking, cycling and using public Manager in the Office of the Secretary for
transportation in cities where she’s lived, the Philippines Department of Budget and
including Washington DC, New York City and Management, and most recently, as Chief
Manila. Operating Officer of the Philippine Japan
Initiative for Clark.
Julia and her Agile City Partners co-founders
are currently working with NewCities and Julia is an active participant in the citizen-led
CoMotion to build the newly launched Global mobility movement in the Philippines, serving
Partnership for Informal Transportation. as a member of the Move as One Coalition
The initiative will bring visibility to the Philippines. She previously served as a Board
important role informal transportation plays Member of the Inclusive Mobility Network
in cities in the Global South. Philippines. Julia also speaks regularly as a
resource person on placemaking and inclusive
mobility. Her articles have been featured
in Design Anthology, CNN Style, Domus,
Esquire, and BluPrint.
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Marta Serrano
CEO of EMT València
Co-founder of Women in Motion España
Marta Serrano is a Civil Engineer specializing transport planning. In 2015 she was the first 1,700 people. As CEO, she works to strengthen
in and deeply committed to transport and woman hired as Director of Communication the role of EMT València as a sustainable,
urban design. She has always been dedicated and Consulting at the Municipal Transport accessible, and more energy-efficient public
to incorporating a gendered perspective and Company of Madrid. She was a member of transport service to combat climate change
female talent to the engineering and transport the Equality Committee, promoting the new and promote a safe and friendly city. She
sector. In 2018, this led her to cofound Women Equality Plan of the company. In addition, is also committed to promoting gender-
Women in Motion, an organization aimed at she led projects such as the implementation sensitive policies and actions in the field of
promoting gender equity in the transport and of a selection and promotion process without transport and mobility planning to address
mobility industry. In 2020, she also cofounded gender bias, the use of inclusive language, some of the remaining gender gaps and to
Women in Motion Spain, the local chapter policies for work-life balance, and the move towards an inclusive transport system.
of the global network. Nowadays she is the prevention of gender-based harassment. In
CEO of EMT València and has become the 2020 she was appointed Head of Operations @Marta_Serrano
first woman in this role in the history of the at EMT Fuenlabrada.
Municipal Transport Company of València.
Since December 2020, Marta has served as
Marta studied Engineering at the University the CEO of EMT València, which provides
of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) and RWTH public transport services to the city of
Aachen (Germany). Since 2005 she has València and some towns of the metropolitan
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Director of Institutional Relations,
Brazilian Hydrogen Association
Monica Saraiva Panik is a Brazilian citizen In 2000, she contributed articles to the UN
who has spent many years living in Sustainable Development “The Air is Global”
Women in Green Hydrogen is a network that aims to increase the Germany. She graduated in Social and to the book “Ônibus Brasilieiro a
visibility of women in the green hydrogen sector. Our goal is to connect Communications at Fundação Armando Hidrogênio” in 2009. In 2018, she co-
professionals from all around the world and to shape a more diverse Álvares Penteado, and earned a Master’s organized the 22nd World Hydrogen Energy
and inclusive discourse in the green hydrogen world. Degree in Marketing Administration at Conference (WHEC) in Rio de Janeiro. In
Fundação Getúlio Vargas. For 18 years, she 2020, she contributed to the AHK/GIZ
We created an international expert database featuring more than 300 worked for the automotive industry in Brazil Hydrogen Sectormapping Brazil study and is
green hydrogen experts and executives, including CEOs, co-founders, and 16 years as project manager of the the Director of Institutional Relations of the
vice presidents, political decision makers and professors. We organize UNDP/GEF‚ Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses for Brazilian Hydrogen Association and Curator
regular networking events, peer learning formats and use social Urban Transport in Brazil. She is the winner of the Energy Transformation Hydrogen
networks to foster knowledge exchange and to create professional of the DaimlerChrysler Umweltpreis 2001 Core at the BW Expo Summit Digital.
opportunities. with the “Clean Air Initiatives in Developing
Countries”. Monica has worked on several
www.wigh.network projects and programs, and among others
contributed to: “World Bank Clean Air
Initiative in Latin American Cities”, “UNDP
Introduction of Fuel Cell Technology in
Emerging Megacities” and “EU Controlling
Urban Mobility Europe/Latin America”
programs.
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Director, North American Office and Chief of Staff for Territorial Strategic
United Nations Representative for Management at Jalisco Government, Mexico
the FIA Foundation
Patricia Martínez Barba is Chief of Staff for Territorial Strategic
Natalie Draisin manages FIA Foundation’s about preventing COVID-19 and road traffic Management at Jalisco Government, which includes the Ministry of
grants in North America to achieve safe injuries on the journey to school. She enabled Transport, Environment, Water and Infrastructure.
and sustainable mobility worldwide. the creation of the Johns Hopkins University
Dedicated to ensuring safe and sustainable New Mobility Initiative. Her publications One of her biggest achievements is the implementation of a
mobility as a policy priority, Natalie leads include a UNICEF and Save the Children Social Transport Rate for Women. In the past she used to be
the FIA Foundation’s activities across the report about solutions to road traffic injuries Congresswoman. The former congresswoman is now a bicycle
Americas and advances evidence-based among children in Latin America, and the activist, founder of Women in Motion and a member of the Global
solutions focused on equity around the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Board.
world. She ensured inclusion of road safety Traffic Conflict Technique Toolkit.
in UN Sustainable Development Goals, Patricia is a graduate in Information Science and Technology from
and lobbied US Congress to encourage the Natalie has a first-hand view of cyclist safety, the University of the Atemajac Valley. In her professional career,
World Bank to implement minimum safety having cycled across the US to fundraise for she has been Coordinator of Integral City Management in the
standards on roads. cancer prevention. She has an MPH, MBA Guadalajara City Council and founding member of the GDL en BICI
and BA from the Johns Hopkins University, A.C. association, a citizen‘s collective that seeks to ensure that cities
Striving to place safe and healthy journeys where the Bloomberg School of Public guarantee the right to the city to their inhabitants through safe,
for youth at the center of the political Health recognized her as an Outstanding inclusive and efficient urban mobility.
agenda, she founded Vision Zero for Youth Recent Graduate.
with the National Center for Safe Routes to
School and scaled it globally. Utilizing the
pandemic as an opportunity to make streets
safer for all, she authored UNICEF guidance
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Founder and Chairwoman of Bizzoly Head of Global Regulatory Policy and former
Holdings and Founder of Ubizcabs Head of Women’s Safety Policy for Uber
Patricia Nzolantima is a pure Africa product with over 17 years of Rana Kortam is the Head of Global Regulatory Rana leads the charge to push the boundaries
experience in entrepreneurship and women’s empowerment. As a Policy for Uber. She leads the company’s on several policy issues including gender and
serial entrepreneur, Patricia is a leader in market disruption initiatives efforts to modernize transport regulations transport, regulatory liberalization, transport
on the African continent. She founded the first women’s economic and shape the future of legislative frameworks equity, modern tax schemes and economic
empowerment hub in Kinshasa, an accelerator program for women for the gig economy by working with policy enablement.
entrepreneurs to scale up their business, and the Bizzoly Transportation teams around the world, as well as various
and logistics that operates under Ubizcabs, the first female-driven taxi government bodies, think tanks and NGO’s. As the world takes ambitious steps to tackle
company in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Furthermore, she found- She previously led global women’s safety climate change and support a green recovery
ed “Ubizdelivery”, the first women-only logistics and delivery service. policy, most notably working on Uber’s safety that embraces new forms of mobility, every
report released in 2019. player in transport must take notice and do
In March 2020, Patricia launched the first female drivers academy to more. As a company that powers movement,
empower women in transport and logistics. In 2018, in partnership with A born and raised Egyptian, she previously led Rana´s work is essential to Uber’s global goal
UBA Group, she launched the first women visa prepaid card in the DRC, public policy for Uber in Egypt, working with to ensure everyone can move freely and
with the “Working Ladies brand’’ to finance women entrepreneurs’ the government to enact one of the most safely, whether physically, economically or
projects through her women economic empowerment hub. Patricia forward-looking ridesharing regulations in socially. To do that, everyone must come
has attended numerous summits, programmes, and she has received the region. A techie at heart, Rana graduated together to fight the racism that persists
various awards for her work and commitment. Patricia holds a master’s Summa Cum Laude from the American across societies around the globe and be
degree in law from the protestant University of Congo (DRC) and a University in Cairo with a Bachelor’s degree a champion for equity. Rana believes in a
master’s degree in Business English and Marketing Management from in Electronics Engineering. Straddling the future where mobility is truly a catalyst and
the Cape Studies Institute in Cape Town, South Africa. Furthermore, worlds of tech and policy, and harboring a never a hindrance for all communities and
she completed an MBA at the Harvard University’s Business School. serious passion for policy reform, individuals, and what they aspire to achieve.
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Sustainable Mobility Project Co-Founder of Women on Bicycle Initiative Turkey
Coordinator for the City of Bremen
Seçil Öznur Yakan co-founded the Women on Bicycle Initiative in
Rebecca Karbaumer is an urbanite who’s Low-tech solutions such as walking, cycling Turkey. She is convinced of the positive effects of cycling for people´s
passionate about creating sustainable, and collective transport best help meet lives and cities´ environments.
liveable and socially equitable cities. As a citizens’ daily mobility needs while using
sustainable mobility project coordinator for resources – including space – effectively, Secil has seen firsthand how unsafe road conditions and car-oriented
the City of Bremen’s Ministry for Climate efficiently and fairly. thinking can create dangerous situations for cyclists. As someone
Protection, the Environment, Mobility, who commutes and travels around Istanbul by bike, she refused to
Urban and Housing Development (DE), she Rebecca is always keen to share her accept the poor cycling conditions and lack of care by other road
is responsible for implementing Bremen’s expertise with other cities who are working users. Her aim is to make cyclists more visible and make people
Car-Sharing strategies and coordinating on establishing shared mobility governance aware of the rights of cyclists in traffic. Her guiding principle is: If
various European transport projects on strategies. She is a co-author of Shared children, seniors and the disabled can walk/cycle safely in a city,
shared mobility and mobility management. Mobility Rocks: A Planner’s Guide to the then we can truly call it a city. She thinks cities should be designed
Shared Mobility Galaxy (coming soon in for and with pedestrians and cyclists. People will be encouraged to
She studied Environmental Science and 2021!). cycle more only if these conditions are met.
Environmental Psychology at the University
of Missouri-Kansas City (2006) in the United Secil also founded the first bicycle shop in Turkey specializing in
States and earned her Master of Arts in touring bicycles and equipment.
Urban and Regional Development at the
University of Bremen in 2012. She is a @velespito
strong proponent of the approach that, in
order to build a sustainable future, mobility
planning strategies must focus on moving
people and goods rather than vehicles.
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CEO of Women in Transport
Women in Transport
Sonya Byers is Chief Executive of Women in energy and facilities group, a multi-brand
Transport. She has been a member of Women recruitment agency, a transport survey
Women in Transport is a not-for-profit professional
in Transport since 2008, and is currently a startup, a Top 20 accountancy firm and a
membership network that empowers women
board member. Initially she acted as Events global engineering group.
working in transport to maximise their potential.
Chair then Vice President as a volunteer
The industry wide network is open and inclusive,
before being appointed to her current role Besides this, Sonya is also the founder and
representing more than 160 different organisations
in January 2019. As chief executive, she is director at Shadowcat Consulting providing
and over 300 different roles across transport (8%
responsible for the strategic direction of marketing, management and business
men). It supports the professional development
Women in Transport, overseeing operations development consultancy.
of women working in transport through
and partnerships, finance and marketing and
networking, mentoring and raising awareness
co-chairing the Women in Transport: Bus @veerasamy_sonya
of the opportunities in the sector. Women in
group. Moreover, representation is one of her
Transport also act as secretariat for the All Party
key tasks. She co-designed and manages the
Parliamentary Group for women in transport which
Advance mentoring programme for Women
aims to increase the representation of women in
in Transport.
the transport workforce across the UK.
Sonya has worked in the transport program
for 20 years. She started her career as
a transport survey enumerator before
becoming a transport planner. She has since
worked in management roles in a diversity
and inclusion consultancy firm, a global
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Founder & Principal at Urban Design
Collective
Vidhya Mohankumar is an architect and urban plans and urban design studies for existing faculty at various universities in India for the
designer with over 15 years of work experience developments in various cities around the world. past 12 years.
in India, Ireland and the United States. Her
work is focused on creating cities that are In 2011, Vidhya founded Urban Design Vidhya received a master’s degree with
people-oriented and centered around transit Collective (UDC), a collaborative platform distinction in urban design from the University
as part of a sustainable development agenda for architects, urban designers and planners of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a bachelors
that she is passionate about. Her approach to create livable cities through participatory degree in architecture from the National
is driven by research that is grounded and planning. Various methods employed in Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli, India.
intersectional as a way to understand the this agenda include urban mapping and
everyday urbanism of cities. research, education and capacity building,
participatory workshops, public and socially
With clientele ranging from state engaged art, publications and public events
governments, urban local bodies, county/ programming to name a few.
town councils, private sector entities and
NGOs, her urban design projects exhibit a In 2019, she was appointed as a technical
wide variety with master plans for cities, expert on ‘Public Open Spaces’ by the
towns, station areas, harbor areas and their National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) to
environs as well as redevelopment plans mentor Smart City Projects in Hubli-Dharwad
for town centers, city public spaces and and Agartala under the CITIIS Challenge.
brownfield sites. She has also been involved
in several strategic planning projects, regional In addition, Vidhya has been advocating sus-
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global non-profit organization that works systems. Xianyuan is the lead consultant
worldwide to design and implement high for the industry standard of Bus Rapid
quality transport systems and policy Transit System Planning & Design Guide
solutions that make cities more prosperous, and Evaluation Metrics for BRT System
sustainable and equitable. She regularly Operation which were released by the China
works as an independent expert and Ministry of Transport. In 2019, Xianyuan was
consultant for the Asian Development Bank, selected to attend the International Visitor
the World Bank and UN-Habitat. Leadership Program to learn and share the
sustainable urban planning and healthy
Since 2009, she has been managing communities in US.
sustainable and equitable transport projects
in China, Philippines, Malaysia, Laos, Xianyuan has a master’s degree in
Indonesia, Pakistan, Mongolia and Kenya, transportation engineering and a bachelor’s
mainly promoting public transit, walking and degree in civil engineering from the
cycling, traffic reduction and a child-friendly University of Shandong, China.
city. Xianyuan and ITDP team organized a
regular site visit program for more than 500
delegations in China and around the world
to promote the sustainable urban transport.
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ownership and ability to help themselves. share knowledge and drive meaningful, offices in Buenos Aires, La Paz, Brasília, Bogotá,
When Germany provides a developing measurable and sustainable action on climate Quito, Madrid, Mexico D.F, Panama City, Asun-
country with a low-interest loan, when change. The C40 Cities Climate Leadership cion, Lima, Montevideo and Port of Spain.
German experts advise the government of Group connects 94 of the world’s greatest
Asian Development Bank (ADB) is committed a partner country on behalf of the Federal cities, representing over 700 million people www.caf.com/en
to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient Ministry for Economic Cooperation and and one quarter of the global economy.
and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while Development (BMZ) or when private Created and led by cities, C40 is focused on
supporting its efforts to eradicate extreme German organizations carry out projects tackling climate change and driving urban
poverty. It assists its members and partners by in developing countries, these are all action that reduces greenhouse gas emissions
providing loans, technical assistance, grants approaches involving direct development and climate risks, while increasing the health, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
and equity investments to promote social cooperation between Germany and its part- wellbeing and economic opportunities of Zusammenarbeit provides services
and economic development. Established in ners. Besides engaging in such bilateral urban citizens. worldwide in the field of international
1966, it is owned by 68 members - 49 from the development cooperation activities, Germa- cooperation for sustainable development.
region. In 2017, ADB operations totaled $32.2 ny is also involved in activities for the benefit www.c40.org GIZ has over 50 years of experience in a
billion, including $11.9 billion in cofinancing. of the developing countries at the inter wide variety of areas, including economic
national level – for example, through the development and employment, energy and
www.adb.org EU‘s development policy and by supporting the environment, and peace and security. The
international organizations such as the United diverse expertise of the federal enterprise is in
Nations. demand around the globe, with the German
Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) is a Government, European Union institutions,
www.bmz.de/en development bank created in 1970, owned the United Nations and governments of other
by 19 countries - 17 of Latin America and countries all benefiting from these services.
The Federal Ministry for Economic the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal- as The German Federal Ministry for Economic
Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is well as 13 private banks in the region. It Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is
committed to freedom and security for all promotes a sustainable development model the main commissioning party, but GIZ also
and a life without poverty, fear or through credit operations, non-reimbursable works with the private sector, fostering
environmental destruction. The guiding resources, and support in the technical and successful interaction between development
principles of Germany‘s development C40 is a network of the world’s megacities financial structuring of projects in the public policy and foreign trade.
cooperation is to protect human rights and committed to addressing climate change. and private sectors of Latin America. With
foster the developing countries‘ sense of C40 supports cities to collaborate effectively, headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, CAF has www.giz.de/en
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development around the world. Through and other human settlements, with adequate
their transport projects, policy advocacy and housing, infrastructure, and universal access to
research publications, they work to reduce employment and basic services such as water,
Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) carbon emissions, enhance social inclusion, The SLOCAT Partnership on Sustainable, energy and sanitation. To achieve these goals,
is a global network of more than 1,750 local and improve the quality of life for people in Low Carbon Transport enables collaborative derived from the Habitat Agenda of 1996, UN-
and regional governments committed to cities. knowledge and action for sustainable, low carbon Habitat has set itself a medium-term strategy
sustainable urban development. Active in transport and brings the voice of the movement approach for each successive six-year period.
100+ countries, they influence sustainability www.itdp.org intointernationalclimatechangeandsustainability
policy and drive local action for low emission, processes. It engages a vibrant international, www.unhabitat.org
nature-based, equitable, resilient and circular multi-stakeholder ecosystem of over 90 entities
development. Their members and team of as well as a large community of world-class
experts work together through peer exchange, experts and change-makers. By going there
partnerships and capacity building to create where others do not or cannot go individually,
systemic change for urban sustainability. As a promotional bank, KfW Group supports our inclusive, multi-stakeholder Partnership is WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities helps
change and encourages forward-looking ideas – leveraged to set ambitious global agendas and create accessible, equitable, healthy and
www.iclei.org in Germany, Europe and throughout the world. catalyse new thinking and solutions for the urgent resilient urban areas for people, businesses
On behalf of the Federal Government, KfW transformation of transport and mobility systems. and the environment to thrive. Together with
Development Bank administers Germany’s partners, it enables more connected, compact
official Financial Cooperation in more than 100 www.slocat.net and coordinated cities. The Center expands the
developing and transition countries in Africa, transport and urban development expertise of
Asia, South and Central America, the Middle the EMBARQ network to catalyze innovative
The Institute for Transportation and East and the Caucasus. Its priority areas solutions in other sectors, including water,
Development Policy (ITDP) works around the of activity include poverty reduction and buildings, land use and energy. It combines the
world to design and implement high quality economic development, good governance, UN-Habitat is the United Nations program research excellence of WRI with 15 years of on-
transport systems and policy solutions education and health care and protection working towards a better urban future. Its the-ground impact through a network of more
that make cities more livable, equitable of the climate and the environment. In this mission is to promote socially and than 250 experts working from Brazil, China,
and sustainable. ITDP is a global nonprofit way the bank helps the Federal Government environmentally sustainable human settle- Ethiopia, India, Mexico and Turkey to make cities
at the forefront of innovation, providing achieve its developmental goals. ments, development and the achievement of around the world better places to live.
technical expertise to accelerate the adequate shelter for all. UN-Habitat envisions
growth of sustainable transport and urban www.kfw.de well-planned, well-governed, and efficient cities www.wrirosscities.org
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