She Drives KSA: Phase 1 Survey Report

In September 2017, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced that, for the very first time, Saudi women will be allowed to drive. This is an order of monumental importance to every facet of life in the country. The report presents the reactions, the attitudes and perceptions of females and males in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia regarding the impact of women driving on the sustainable development of the country and traffic safety. It also presents women’s plans to get a driving license and start driving, the potential impact of this order on the households’ privately employed drivers, and on the car market. The data used for the analysis in this report has been collected from across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia before women start driving (before the 24th of June 2018). This report is part of the SHE Drives KSA project. The project examines the travel behavior and activity patterns of women mobility in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia BEFORE and AFTER women are allowed to drive, and identifies the impacts of this order on the aspects of sustainable development and traffic safety in the Kingdom