[sustran] Taxi company for women, run by women

[Eric Britton]

-----Original Message-----
From: Mika Kunieda [mailto:kunieda at iea.att.ne.jp] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 9:06 AM
To: Gender and Transport
Subject: [gatnet] Re: Taxi company for women, run by women

Anna, 
Your project sounds very interesting! Please keep us up to date!
While looking for material on an female-owned taxi company in Cote d'Ivoire
(still looking, anyone have any leads?)
I found the following articles. Hope they help.
Mika

All-female taxi cab company in Iran
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_repor
ts/2391703.stm

All women taxi company in India, New Delhi
http://in.news.yahoo.com/051207/43/61f09.html

article on female-owned taxi company (Jadi Leasing Company)in New York
http://www.nybdc.com/minoritywomen.htm

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Carlos F. Pardo [mailto:carlosfpardo at gmail.com] 
>Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 3:38 PM
>To: Gender and Transport
>Cc: 'Johanna Burbano'; 'Luz Mery Carvajal'
>Subject: [gatnet] Re: Taxi company for women, run by women
>
>Dear Anna,
>
>There is some research on this from the psychosociology of 
>transport project in Bogotá, with whom I worked for a while 
>some years back. I know there is one public transport company 
>manager who is a woman, which is worthy to note. From my 
>experience with public transport in Bogotá, I've known public 
>transport drivers and bus owners. In the latter case, you'll 
>find some women owners also because these are family-run 
>businesses, so everybody "pitches in".
>
>I know there's a lot of research on the woman manager I 
>mention above, though it's mostly in Spanish. If it works, 
>please let me (or the ones cc'd) know about it. As you can 
>imagine, it's a very psycho-social account and it also looks 
>into organizational aspects from that point of view.
>
>Best regards, 
>
>Carlos F. Pardo
>Coordinador de Proyecto
>GTZ - Proyecto de Transporte Sostenible (SUTP, SUTP-LAC) Cl 
>125bis # 41-28 of 404 Bogotá D.C., Colombia
>Tel:  +57 (1) 215 7812
>Fax: +57 (1) 236 2309
>Mobile: +57 (3) 15 296 0662
>e-mail: carlos.pardo at sutp.org
>Página: www.sutp.org
>
>
>-----Mensaje original-----
>De: Ana Bravo [mailto:anabravo at infonegocio.net.pe]
>Enviado el: Martes, 03 de Octubre de 2006 03:46 p.m.
>Para: Gender and Transport
>Asunto: [gatnet] Re: Taxi company for women, run by women
>
>Hi, Anna!
>
>There is a taxi company where drivers are women and who serves 
>only women in Lima.  I don't have the contact details at hand 
>but will find out more and let you know.
>
>Also, it is not that unusual that women are owners of public buses.  
>I am not sure though how much information available there is on this.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Ana Bravo  
>
>On 28 Sep 2006 at 21:05, anna kydd wrote:
>
>From:           	"anna kydd" <sorrelkydd at hotmail.com>
>To:             	"Gender and Transport" <gatnet at dgroups.org>
>Subject:        	[gatnet] Taxi company for women, run by women
>Date sent:      	Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:05:43 +0000
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>> 
>> 
>> Does anyone know of examples of taxi companies run by women for
>> women?   So far, I know of examples in London, Dubai and Iran.   I
>> am working in Guadalajara in Mexico in a consultancy company in the 
>> area of social innovation.  I have been running a number of 
>workshops 
>> with women and we have been thinking of the idea of helping 
>a group of 
>> women set up a taxi company.  We are beginning to have a very clear 
>> idea about the transport needs of women in Guadalajara but we have 
>> very little knowledge about how to actually
>> run a taxi company!    Any ideas of contacts or people who could
>> help, would be greatly appreciated.
>> 
>> Best wishes,
>> 
>> Anna Kydd