Safety audit from a gender perspective at railway stations of the Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC)

Elaboration of a safety audit from a gender perspective in four types of FGC stations to analyze their operation and define gender criteria that can be incorporated in the improvement of all stations. The stations analyzed were Sant Andreu de la Barca; Sabadell Centre, Rubí and Plaça Espanya.

The audit was developed in different spaces that make up the stations: the environment, the lobby, the connectors (corridors, stairs and elevators) and platforms, through participant observations and interviews with female workers. The results obtained describe aspects that condition the perception of safety in the physical and relational configuration of the use of stations. Among many of the aspects analyzed, it stands out how media and advertising contribute to orientation and legibility.

The proposed criteria that were presented made contributions in addressing gender-based violence and the perception of safety within the stations themselves, with changes in signage and in the improvement of the maps that are in the stations, with information to orientate yourself in the environment, among other criteria.