The Government of the State of Jalisco, through the state Ministry of Mobility, deployed our heavy-vehicle simulation solution: the Simestruck Platinum.
To raise the quality of public transit in Mexico, reduce harassment and gender-based violence, build a higher professional standard for drivers, and bring more women into the workforce, the state created a program to place 600 women in Jalisco's public transit system.
The program, “Mujeres Conductoras — Movilidad con Igualdad” (Women Drivers — Mobility with Equality), was presented by the Jalisco Ministry of Education (SEJ), the Ministry of Mobility (Semov), and the Jalisco Women's Institute (IJM). It aims to bring 600 women into the state's integrated public transit system, training them to drive Jalisco's transit vehicles on 2 of our heavy-vehicle simulation solutions.
Our heavy-vehicle simulation solutions, Simestruck Platinum, let the instructor alter the road in real time from the observer station — triggering pedestrians, breakdowns, collisions, and a range of weather conditions across urban settings, highways, one-way and two-way roads, and bike lanes, plus reports of infractions and bad habits.
Training runs 180 hours — one month, Monday through Friday — with 40 of those hours on a simulator and 45 on a practice yard. The curriculum covers mobility and vision, technical driving, personal development, law and regulations, health and attention, gender equity, road safety, training bus, and simulator. In this first cohort, 600 women transit drivers will be trained by the National College of Technical Professional Education (CONALEP) and the state Job Training Institute (IDEFT), over roughly 180 hours across 31 weekdays, with a stipend of 4,802 pesos.
The Ministry of Education added that the program will help lower Jalisco's accident rate by using our simulation solutions as an alternative to the real vehicle, complementing the traditional public transit driver training model. Alongside the Minister of Mobility, the launch was attended by Francisco Ayón López (Minister of Education) and Erika Loyo (Director of the Jalisco Women's Institute), along with executives from Jalisco's main transit routes.
