“This figure is identical to previous years and there is no significant difference between men and women, whether for 2021, 2022, 2023.” The nature of the grievances, however, changes. Men mostly complainracist insults and threats“. Women talk more about “insults and gestures with sexual connotations“. The minister recalls that the number of women using public transport in the evening is lower than during the day.
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New awareness-raising actions on harassment will be carried out, announces the minister. A solution sometimes mentioned is to make stops on demand in the evening between two bus stops. An option that meets with a cautious reception on the Stib side. According to the minister, the Stib evokes an average distance “already weak” between stops, as well as questions of legal liability in the event of an accident and accessibility. But the minister is not closing the door. “It’s up to the next government to see if it’s an option to do a pilot project.”
