Vienna focuses on how women use the city and makes the place better for all

Slate, in the article at http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/09/20/urban_planning_for_women_let_s_all_move_to_vienna.html, referenced some facts about Vienna, which apparently a) studied how people use the city and then b) acted upon that, improving the place. Especially for women, but in fact everyone benefits.
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In 1999, city planners asked residents to fill out a survey about how they use public transportation, and found stark gender divides in how people spent their time—and therefore how they used the city. 

The majority of men reported using either a car or public transit twice a day—to go to work in the morning and come home at night. Women, on the other hand, used the city’s network of sidewalks, bus routes, subway lines and streetcars more frequently and for a myriad reasons.

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And so this is what Vienna did:

They started the long process of reorganizing infrastructure to ease intra-neighborhood running around, instead of just focusing on commute-based transportation. That means wider sidewalks and more ramps for pedestrians pushing carts and strollers, closer schools and drugstores, and more courtyards where children can run around while you run errands. 

Awesome. 

Also, though, THIS is what I think of when I hear 'Vienna'....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U-NHTW2-Ps