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Gender-Based Transit Architecture Design: Making Travel Easier for Everyone

This webinar is part of the RAIC 2024 Conference on Architecture, now available to stream!

Topics:ÌýEquity, Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice

Length:Ìý1 hour |ÌýWhat's Included:ÌýVideo, Quiz, andÌýCertificate of CompletionÌý

Women represent the majority of transit riders and experience mobility differently than others. Women are more likely to feel unsafe, more likely to travel with strollers or packages, more likely to assist family or community members, and more likely to experience harassment.

Gender-responsive planning, design, monitoring and evaluation can provide a better environment for women and others. Architects and engineers are becoming more aware of this and can use various tools to design and deliver more inclusive and equitable public spaces.

This session will look at transit architecture from a woman’s perspective. Using station design case-studies, gender-based analysis, and real-world examples, we will discuss equitable planning and transit design solutions to make these public places more inclusive for everyone.

By the completion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the gender-based difference of how we experience and move within the public realm.
• Recognize that transit projects, at every scale from bus stop to underground station, function as public spaces and therefore their design needs to be inclusive for all users.
• Recognize how gender-responsive planning, design, monitoring and evaluation can provide a better public environment for all.
• Develop their awareness of design elements that create an equitable experience.

Subject Matter Expert:

Ana-Francisca de la Mora
FRAIC, OAA ARQ, LEED AP BD+C
Principal, Practice Group Manager, Transit Facilities - Architecture, Arcadis

As a Principal at Arcadis, Ana-Francisca brings over 20 years of experience and an extensive portfolio focused on Transit Projects Transit Oriented Development in Canada, Latin-America and Saudi Arabia. Her work is characterized by its innovative, high-quality architectural design with a deep commitment to making healthy places that are accessible and inclusive.

Ana-Francisca was responsible for the successful design and execution of transit facilities that include subways, LRTs, BRTs, and ancillary facilities. Her experience spans all project phases, from Conceptual to Construction documents and various forms of project delivery. Ana-Francisca is currently the Facilities Lead for the Technical Advisory team of the Yonge North Subway Extension, Summerhill Station and continues to expand the Transit Studio on international projects

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Andrea LendakÌý

P.Eng

Director - Sr. Practice Lead, Intelligent Systems, Arcadis

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As a Director at Arcadis IBI Group, Andrea Lendak has been delivering new mobility projects in Canada and the United Kingdom for over 20 years. From the transportation control centre for the launch of central London’s Congestion Charge and the London 2012 Olympic Games to helping Toronto’s Regional Transit Agency deliver GO Expansion across the heavy rail network, she brings a high level of contagious energy to deliver projects on time and within budget.Ìý

Since delivering the award-winning Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games Transportation plan where she worked with over 30 transportation agencies in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), Andrea has been highly sought after by clients to manage and coordinate the delivery of high-profile complex transportation projects. With a vision and deadline-driven, Andrea takes full responsibility to bring together teams to deliver successful results.

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