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Divya Sussana Patil, a doctoral researcher with the EQUIMOB project, presented a research poster at the Manipal Research Colloquium on 13 April 2023. The poster titled ‘Inequalities and barriers in accessing urban mobility infrastructures for older adults in Bengaluru’ expands on a qualitative study conducted in Bengaluru using in-depth telephonic and sit-in interviews.

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  MOBILITY FOR ALL: INCLUSIVE TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY FOR SOUTH ASIAN CITIES Organized By Dept Of Urban Regional Planning, Bangladesh University Of Engineering & Technology [BUET] & EQUIMOB, Utrecht University, NWO Schedule and abstracts For detailed schedule, list of sessions/papers and abstract booklet, please click here Background   Transportation is an important social determinant, enabling…

Earlier this week, EQUIMOB’s doctoral researcher Prajwal Nagesh presented recent findings on disability and transport barriers at The Association of People with Disability (APD, India)‘s South India Regional Conference and Capacity Building Programme for disabled people’s organizations (DPOs). The qualitative data was derived from telephonic interviews with organizations working for persons with disabilities. The presented…

The Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design, and Technology and the Association of Designers of India (ADI) hosted the Bangalore design week conference. Multiple plenary and working sessions were held in Bengaluru’s art hub Chitrakala Parishad during the 8th and 10th of December to discuss design interventions to solve real-world challenges. Among the various themes,…

EQUIMOB hosted an online roundtable discussion on ‘Arts for decolonizing mobility research’  on 13th October 2022. The aim of the round-table event was to stimulate discussions on how art-based methods can be used to examine expressions of lived experiences, and how decolonizing the gaze will help us see these imaginations, ideas and explorations of sensory…

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…

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…