MmmmTIL that in india , public transportation especially bus is free of cost for women in many major provinces and many other provinces are planning to implement such schemes soon.
HubertManneWhy the heck do they not just make it free overall or at least for residents?
Makes me wonder if it was done to reduce/prevent sexual assault, i know that India and Japan introduced woman-only train carriages, and the UK was debating it. Therefore if they made buses free for everyone (which would be logical and threading the needle in its own way) they would be seen as reintroducing the problem they sought to mitigate in the first place.
… contributing to a broader national effort to make public transport more accessible and safe for women.
Yeah seems an odd way to do it. The woman only train cars or busses make sense but this does not in any way prevent men from being in their space.