Equality City of Zurich traffic signs should also depict women

The little men on Zurich's road signs are to have company: Not only men are to be depicted, but also women, pregnant women, lesbian couples or senior citizens on canes. On Wednesday, parliament passed a motion tabled by the SP.

Keystone-SDA

15.01.2025, 18:42

SDA

The left-wing majority passed the SP postulate to the city council by 73 votes to 41. The council must now examine how it can make the previously "male-dominated" street signs more diverse.

The SVP described the initiative as "nonsensical". It would do nothing for equality. The FDP also found it "simply unnecessary" to burden taxpayers with something like this.

The SP proposal was inspired by the city of Geneva, which replaced half of its "man with hat" signage with "less masculine" symbols in 2020.