Jean-Luc Boujon // Photo credit: Antoine Boureau / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP 3:14 p.m., March 8, 2024
While more than 80% of women say they have already been victims of sexual harassment in public places, the metropolis of Lyon has decided to set up secure places on all buses.
How will this work?
This security will be carried out in all public transport agencies, where you can buy tickets, but especially in all buses on the 27 most important lines in the network.
These places will become places of refuge for harassed women, in particular thanks to the training of drivers, explains the metropolis of Lyon.
“I think it’s a good initiative”
“This new system allows our bus drivers to be trained to receive women in difficulty who can report directly to the bus drivers and to intervene and secure and process the request,” explains Bruno Bernard, president of the metropolis of Lyon.
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All drivers are trained.
An initiative welcomed by Léna, 28, a regular user of public transport.
"I find it very good. I think it's a good initiative. There is still too much incivility towards women these days. Being followed in the street, being approached when it's not something something we want. And afterwards, the worst that can happen is also to be subject to gestures, touching, or even worse,” she says.
Some have doubts
For Élodie, the idea is interesting, but she wonders if it will really be applicable with bus drivers, even trained ones.
"Are they the right players? You are giving a lot of responsibilities to drivers. They already have a lot of things to manage. I don't think they are the right players," she doubts.
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In any case, with these new measures, Lyon wants to go even further in terms of protecting travelers.
Lyon already records three to four times fewer attacks on its network in relation to the number of travelers compared to the national average.