EQUIMOB: Inclusive Cities through Equitable Access to Urban Mobility

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Thesis project: The potential of non-motorised transport for last-mile connectivity in Bengaluru, India

Title of thesis: The potential of non-motorised transport for last-mile connectivity in Bengaluru, India Author: Nils Steinhäuser M.Sc: Sustainable Development Year: 2022 Abstract Urban mobility in Indian cities is suffering from traffic congestion, air pollution, road safety, land use conflicts and an overburdened transport network due to population growth, urbanisation, increasing transport demand and high…

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Metro Mobilities: Knowledge exchange event

EQUIMOB organised a knowledge-exchange event titled ‘Metro Mobilities: equitable access to mobility infrastructures with a focus on MRT systems in cities of Bangladesh & India’ with the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) on 25th April 2022. The event aimed to critically discuss what can Dhaka Metro learn from transport access issues in the Metros…

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Invitation for Dr. Ajay Bailey’s Oratie

Dr. Ajay Bailey, the principal investigator of EQUIMOB project, appointed by the Executive Board of Utrecht University as professor at the Faculty of Geosciences on January 1, 2020 to undertake activities in the field of ‘Social Urban Transitions’ intends to assume his appointment by giving an inaugural lecture entitled Inclusion and Equitable Access to the…

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EQUIMOB webinar ‘Mobility Matters’

On 28th April 2022, over 50 attendees from different parts of the world attended the EQUIMOB webinar – Mobility Matters. The interactive webinar included presentations spread over two sessions. The speakers discussed critical themes around transport for different population groups including social justice, citizenship linked to transport, participation in the city, and different dimensions of women’s…

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Keynote talk by Prof. Ajay Bailey at PUTSPACE conference

Prof. Ajay Bailey, the principal investigator of the EQUIMOB project, will deliver a keynote talk at the PUTSPACE conference on 21 April 2022. The talk will focus on the topic ‘Ageing, mobilities and access to public transport in India and Bangladesh’, followed by a discussion with the EQUIMOB team.  Session Chair: Louise Sträuli (Tallinn University…

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EQUIMOB at the WU Gender and Diversity Conference 2022

On 25th March 2022, researchers from EQUIMOB presented findings from their on-going research at the WU Gender and Diversity Conference. The session titled ‘Intersectional inequalities to urban transport: Narratives from India and Bangladesh‘ took place online. The panel explored the impact of unequal transport access on the lives of older adults and women in South Asian…

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A knowledge-sharing session from ‘Busina Kathegalu’ (Bengaluru’s Bus Stories) initiative

A knowledge-sharing session from ‘Busina Kathegalu’ (Bengaluru’s Bus Stories) was organised on 7th March 2022. ‘Busina Kathegalu’ is a collaborative effort of EQUIMOB, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), SAMVADA, and Bengaluru Bus Prayanikara Vedike to catalog the perspectives of both Bengaluru’s bus users and the service providers (BMTC) on what the bus system means to…

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EQUIMOB presentation at SIG on ‘Ageing in Africa, Asia, and Latin America’

Prajwal Nagesh, from EQUIMOB, presented on gender differences in transport access for older adults in Bengaluru city, at the British Society of Gerontology’s SIG session on ‘Ageing in Africa, Asia, and Latin America’ on 10th March. Here were the line-up of papers: “The experiences of people with dementia and their care partners: Voices from an…

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Guest lecture from Dr. Selim Jahangir at Utrecht University

Selim Jahangir, our postdoctoral researcher working in Manipal Academy of Higher Education, gave a lecture as part of the Geographies of Health in Global South module at the Department of Human Geography & Planning, Utrecht University. The lecture focused on (1) how inequality of access to transport influence the wellbeing of the older adults in…

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