Dear Colleagues in the VREF Community, Welcome to join our next Research Forum on Walking as a Mode of Transport!

Children and elderly are arguably two of the groups most dependent on walking for their daily activities, and also those most affected by e.g. safety and security aspects of their surroundings. This Research Forum includes presentations and discussions of three projects dealing with needs, travel behaviour, and challenges related to movement on foot among the young and the old, in varying geographies and through different methods.

Program

Moderator: Maja Karoline Rynning, The Institute of Transport Economics, Norway
Welcome and introduction: Henrik Nolmark, VREF director

Walking to school in Latin America
Presenter: Aleksandra Krstikj, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Tec de Monterrey), State of Mexico, Mexico

Investigating children’s mobility challenges in secondary cities
Presenter: Jack Jenkins, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

Crime, perceived insecurity and walking behaviors of older people
Presenter: Giovanni Vecchio, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Providencia, Chile

Plenary discussion

Discussants TBA