As new transit is planned and implemented, it may be less challenging to engage more diverse perspectives in transit needs. In contrast, what can/will be done to retrofit the existing transit infrastructure that does not serve women well?

I am from Toronto and this reminds me of a story a mother of young children was telling me about, where she was looking for a new place to rent. She was restricted to areas that are a) accessible to transit (but still affordable as a single mother...), and b) where stations actually have elevators for the stroller. But at that time those stations were not located near her job opportunities, just adding more challenges to her consideration of living and moving through the city as a mother.

similar to the next point the report makes below about "geographic accessibility"

Many older adults are low income, even if they own a single-family home in a city where property values are only increasing, such as Toronto or Vancouver. The property tax rate reflects the appraised market value of the home, but the older adult may have very limited liquid income they are receiving from pensions, etc. particularly for the "oldest-old" (aged 85+). "Property rich, cash poor" is a phrase that is sometimes used to describe this experience.

As many others have noted, only 14 of 44 councillors identify as women - yet council makes the decisions about how to allocate the city's budget and which services subsequently get prioritized. Is council really able to achieve a "Gender responsive budget" if women are under-represented among those voting on these decisions?