New Book Details Women-led Transportation Projects

originally posted by Dbusiness
by: Tim Keenan & R.J. King
Posted: Mar 17, 2022

More than 100 women across the United States — and the more than 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 authors have created a platform for women breaking the glass ceiling in automotive, transportation, and mobility — receiving recognition from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer who wrote the book’s foreword.

“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,” says Davis, who is the communications lead at mobility company 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,” says Shaw, 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.”

For more information, visit womendrivenmobility.com.