Hi Vis — A Visual History of Women in Transport

2025 is the year when we celebrate 20 years of Women in Transport.

It all started as the London chapter of the international Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) in the corridors of Transport for London, spearheaded by Valerie Todd. Since then, we’ve worked with our members, volunteers and corporate partners to raise the visibility of women across our industry — with impact and empowerment.

Travel back in time with our interactive timeline below and discover some of the milestones that have made us the organisation we are today.

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More highlights from the last 20 years

Getting ready to walk into the Crossrail tunnel at Plumstead (2018)

Our Breaking Down the Barriers to Success event on the Southbank

Crawling under a Tube train at a tour of London Underground’s Emergency Response Unit (2018)

The first Women in Transport Technology Roundtable in Manchester (2024)

The first all-female crew for the Thames Clippers to mark IWD (2018)

he West Midlands Hub launch event at WSP Birmingham (2022)

A Crossrail site visit to Farringdon station (2016)

An evening with England rugby legend Jason Robinson OBE (2019)

A Women in Transport North East Hub site visit to the Tyne and Wear Metro (2019)

Guest speaker Paula MacArthur at a WTS London event on the secrets of networking (2014)

Learning to Drive a London Bus (2016)

Equity Index lead Sue Terpilowski (left) and Women in Transport CEO Sonya Byers (right)

WTS London members visit a live Crossrail site and tunnel-boring machine at Pudding Mill Lane DLR (2013)

Neil Pepper MBE inspiring the next generation at Track Hazard School (2017)

‘Are we nearly there yet?’ Our Autumn Reception event on gender parity (2018)

A site visit to the Woolwich Crossrail development (2019)

Behind-the-scenes site visit to the new Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport (2014)

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