{"id":5786,"date":"2019-10-31T12:35:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T16:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/?p=5786"},"modified":"2023-01-05T13:04:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T18:04:54","slug":"women-only-pink-taxis-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/31\/women-only-pink-taxis-in-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Women Only Pink Taxis in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Women have always been more concerned with personal safety and getting home safely simply because they\u2019ve had more to worry about than their male counterparts. Puebla, Mexico is catering to that need with a brand new fleet of 35 pink taxis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each\ntaxi is driven by a woman for women and is decked out in pink with a GPS\nsystem, makeup kit, and alarm button. The taxis will not stop for men. They are\nto provide an oasis for female passengers wanting a break from catcalls and\ngawking cabbies, and for the female drivers wanting to break into the male\ndominated industry without concern for their safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pink Taxis in the Media<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This new service for women has created a lot of buzz, both positive and negative. Many are praising the pink taxis for creating a safe space for women to get around without having to feel concerned for their safety. Others are criticizing the company for putting a bandaid on a problem rooted in sexism while also bolstering those same sexist ideologies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Puebla\nis not the first city to have women only taxi services; Moscow and Dubai have\nbeen home to similar services for quite awhile. Pink Taxi de Puebla is\nprivately funded by an investment of $440,000, or 5.8 million pesos, while the\nlocal government provided training and licensing to the drivers. The hope is to\nsee a successful program so it can expand into other cities. In 2007, Mexico\nCity tried to start a similar service, but it did not take off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opposition Towards Pink Taxis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The\nnew taxi service has collected their fair share of opposition. The critics are\nsaying the pink taxis are a saccharine presentation catering to sexist ideals\nand stereotypes of what women should be. The pink taxis are fitted with beauty\nkits, which subconsciously tells the female passengers their looks are the most <\/em>important. Though, the pink taxis\nprovide a safe space for women, they do nothing to eliminate violence against\nwomen or even make it a point of conversation. Women face harassment at every\nturn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Providing\na safe way of getting home is great, but women should be able to make it home\nwithout being segregated in pink advertisements that the problem is still\nraging on. Women need more than a pink taxi and a beauty kit, but this might be\nthe start of something good. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Women have always been more concerned with personal safety and getting home safely simply because they\u2019ve had more to worry about than their male counterparts. Puebla, Mexico is catering to that need with a brand new fleet of 35 pink taxis. Each taxi is driven by a woman for women and is decked out in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[1423,1424,1425,1426,1418,1417,1420,1421,1422],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5786"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6349,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786\/revisions\/6349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}