We’re always interested in new ideas and policies playing out in other major cities around the world, and this morning The New York Times reports on a fascinating experiment in public transit planning going on in Mexico City. Buses and trains in that other Distrito Federal are apparently awash in frotteurs, and complaints by women of incessant random groping and rubbing on the city’s public transit system have led to the establishment of women-only buses.

Now, D.C.’s Metro system has certainly seen its fair share of groping, but it’s nothing at the level of what goes on in Mexico City. Still, we can’t help wondering whether some women in Washington wouldn’t mind having the option of a single-sex bus, or maybe just a single rail car on 8-car trains during crowded rush hours, to avoid having to deal with potential frottage. What say you, ladies?