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  Gender-only is not the same as gender equality

  Hayley Richardson | Wed, Feb 13th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: hayley richardson, new york city, japan, gender, buses, equality, mexico city, mexico, seoul, public transit | 1

  Monday, the Times reported that a new “women only” bus line has recently begun running in Mexico City. With enormous pink signs proclaiming “exclusivo damas!” they cater to the thousands of women who’ve been victims of sexual harassment on D.F’s overcrowded public transportation system. The buses run less frequently, but they offer a respite from the probing hands and eyes of fellow male travelers.

  As this video demonstrates, most women applaud the arrival of the buses, and see this as…

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  London: The new world capital?

  Jeffrey Hill | Wed, Dec 26th, 2007 | Category: Report | City: London | Tags: jeffrey hill, paris, mexico city, tokyo, london, united kingdom, new world capital, oag, the guardian, the independent, world capital | 0

  The Independent, a British compact newspaper, recently conducted a study comparing the world’s largest cities’ population figures, financial markets, tourism trends, transport facilities, transportation, sports and arts events in an effort to name the new world capital. Using 14 separate criteria that help to define a city, the London newspaper calculated and scored hundreds of cities. An explanation of their study can be read here.

  After months of researching what the paper claims to…

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