Kathleen is the Sustainability Portfolio Coordinator of Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), a state agency providing and national road, cycling, and light rail infrastructure and services in the Republic of Ireland. Having a specific interest in gender equality, travel equity and active travel, Kathleen currently also works on an Accessibility Podcast developed by TII, and a study exploring female participation in active travel which builds on findings of TII’s ‘Travelling in a Woman’s Shoes’ study that was published in 2020.
Since 2008 Kathleen has been working in various roles on Luas, the light rail system in Dublin. She holds a BEng (Hons) in Structural Engineering and an MSc in Sustainable Transport and Mobility.
Kathleen is a member of the ‘Research in Mobility’ Committee and ‘Diversity & Inclusion’ Working Group within UITP, and the European Commission’s ‘Ambassadors for Diversity in Transport Network’.
Sessions
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June 07: E-Poster Session 6
Travelling in a Woman’s Shoes
Travelling in a Woman’s Shoes’ is the first study of its kind for Ireland. Its objective is to understand how women in Ireland experience transport and mobility, and it also explored reasons for women’s modal choice, daily challenges faced and how to better address these. Understanding travel patterns and behaviours is crucial to providing better transport infrastructure and services and offering people attractive and viable options as alternatives to the private car. Based on findings of the study TII has developed a Gender Lens Checklist Tool for its light rail projects. The tool is currently being piloted with the Luas Finglas project, a 4km extension to the light rail network in Dublin. -
June 05: Diversity in motion: Meeting the current and future needs of passengers
Travelling in a Woman’s Shoes
Travelling in a Woman’s Shoes’ is the first study of its kind for Ireland. Its objective is to understand how women in Ireland experience transport and mobility, and it also explored reasons for women’s modal choice, daily challenges faced and how to better address these. Understanding travel patterns and behaviours is crucial to providing better transport infrastructure and services and offering people attractive and viable options as alternatives to the private car. Based on findings of the study TII has developed a Gender Lens Checklist Tool for its light rail projects. The tool is currently being piloted with the Luas Finglas project, a 4km extension to the light rail network in Dublin.
