National Women-Led Transportation Projects Detailed in New Book, Women Driven Mobility
The award-winning authors have created a platform for women breaking the glass ceiling in automotive, transportation, and mobility—receiving recognition from Michigan’s Governor Gretchen Whitmer as the author of the book’s foreword.
DETROIT, Feb. 1, 2022 ─ More than 100 women across the United States—and the 30+ mobility projects they led—are detailed in the recently published book, Women Driven Mobility: Rethinking the Way the World Moves. The book, written by Katelyn Shelby Davis and Kristin Shaw, showcases the rising leadership of women in an industry historically led by men. This includes work that spans automotive, transportation, tech, infrastructure, and other sectors that aid in the movement of people, goods, services, and data.
“The mobility industry was born out of the union between the automotive and the technology sectors—prominent spaces for their legacies of ‘boys clubs’—and is revolutionizing the way the world moves,” said Katelyn Davis, coauthor of Women Driven Mobility and Communications Lead at Cavnue. “Despite the patriarchal pedigree, women in mobility are integrated throughout the industry and are designing and engineering some of the most innovative technologies and platforms that are driving the future of how goods and people move and the spaces, communities and roads they move along. Yet their stories remain mostly untold.”
The authors spent nearly two years sourcing project case studies and interviewing women from across the country. The result was a detailed account of leading-edge mobility projects that shed light on the policy and legislation, design and engineering, community advocacy, funding, and marketing that is needed to implement new mobility systems.
“We wanted this book to not only celebrate the women featured but truly recognize their work and accomplishments,” said Kristin Shaw, coauthor of Women Driven Mobility and Communications and Public Involvement Coordinator at WSP. “By taking a work-first approach in this book, it is our hope that this book will become a resource and inspiration to anyone who is looking to make an impact in their communities through mobility and infrastructure design with access, equity, and sustainability at its core.”
The book features a diverse representation of women, projects, and communities that encompass the true reach and implications of mobility advancement on society. Speaking to the importance of diversity of thought when working on mobility systems, Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, penned the book’s foreword to reflect on the work featured by the women in the book and importance of transportation and infrastructure at a government-level.
Women Driven Mobility: Rethinking the Way the World Moves is being published by SAE International. For more information, visit www.womendrivenmobility.com.
About Women Driven Mobility
Women Driven Mobility: Rethinking the Way the World Moves was written by Katelyn Shelby Davis and Kristin Shaw as a detailed account of leading-edge mobility projects from across the United States. Women Driven Mobility seeks to bring awareness and inspiration this through a series of case studies that elevates the voices of women working in 11 vital pillars of the mobility industry including awareness and community advocacy, design and engineering, funding, infrastructure, marketing and communications, mobility on demand, placemaking, policy and legislation, sustainability and climate resilience, talent and education, and technology and innovation. Davis and Shaw are award-winning communications and marketing professionals working within the mobility industry. For more information, visit womendrivenmobility.com.
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