Title of thesis: Road Safety: the Traffic Environment and its Social Impacts. A study about the experiences concerning road safety among young adults in Bengaluru, India. Name: Rose van der Laan M.Sc: International Development Studies Year: 2020 Short abstract: This study examines experiences young adults have concerning road safety in Bengaluru, India. As developing countries…

The urban transportation landscape is likely to undergo significant changes due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Increased risks associated with crowded places combined with social distancing measures in public and shared transport are likely to affect modal choices of commuters. To assess the likely nature of such a shift, EQUIMOB Project conducted an online survey…

Prajwal Nagesh, PhD scholar with the EQUIMOB project was invited to share experiences of designing the project’s online survey. The presentation was organised on 17 November 2020, as part of the Advanced Methods and Techniques for the Course International Development Studies at Utrecht University. The use of methods such as online survey has seen renewed…

On 19th October 2020, researchers from the EQUIMOB project and MM project met for a follow-up online meeting to update each other on their respective work progress. The MM project, funded by the European Research Council and based out of the University of Groningen, focuses on mobility practices in later life and their connection with…

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us into a lockdown with an unprecedented impact on our daily lives and movements. The lockdown protocols and the pandemic itself have especially impacted the older adults. EQUIMOB launched an online survey with the aim to know how the COVID-19 lockdown has impacted the daily lives of the older adults…

On the 11the of September the EQUIMOB team members participated in an online panel discussion on COVID-19 and rising disparities using the case studies from India and Bangladesh. The PhD and PostDoc scholars discussed the insights derived from the recently concluded online survey concerning the mobility of older adults and also drew from their fieldwork…

Prof. Ajay Bailey, the principal investigator of the EQUIMOB project, is invited to speak on air pollution and the need for comprehensive shared mobility solutions for India. The panel discussion is titled ‘Duty to Protect our Environment for Future Generations: Thoughts and Experiences’. The discussion is organised by the Embassy of India the Hague and The…

On the 12th of August, 2020 EQUIMOB research team will discuss the second set of papers coming from the research groups in Delhi, Kolkata (India) and Dhaka (Bangladesh). These will explore different dimensions of access to urban mobility using the field data analysis from the three cities. The authors are Dr. Saakshi Joshi, Prof. Sanghamitra…