Interestingly, I recently saw in the newspaper a photo of a women-only car 
of the Tokyo subway, which has adopted this (voluntary) system as women 
were being groped by men on the rush-hour crowds...Ylva

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005, Ginny Quick wrote:

> Hello, Momodou, I put the link to the article you posted on my blog.  I have
> a lot of questions about the implementation of this new law.  Firstly, are
> we talking about traditional taxis?  If so, are the taxi drivers taking a
> group of people, or jost one or two?
>
>    What is a motorcycle taxi?  What are they used for?  If the authorities
> are going to impose this new law, if they are going to say that men taxi
> drivers can't take women unless they are related to them, do they have women
> taxi drivers who can take their place?  If not, how do women get to where
> they are going?
>
>    If women can't travel with male drivers, and women can't get to where
> they need to go, is this not a hinderance to women's ability to get done
> what they need to get done?
>
>    Or am I missing something here?
>
> Ginny
>
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