Walking and Cycling
Improving the Quality of Walking and Cycling in Cities
Roundtable Report, Policy Insights,
14 February 2024
- Overcome car-centric thinking. Decades of car-centric development have made its assumptions the unquestioned norm. As a result of this “moto-normativity”, risks and harms from motor vehicles may be accepted when they are unacceptable in other contexts. Many cities have begun to question this approach.
- Think beyond infrastructure. Focusing on infrastructure is not enough to ensure pedestrians and cyclists will feel safe and secure and enjoy walking and cycling. Policies must also target street violence, social disadvantage and other factors.
- Redesign planning processes. Processes for transport investments have traditionally prioritised car-centric options. A vision-led approach can provide the basis for redesigning these processes, and help ensure active travel contributes to more inclusive, sustainable cities. Work in progress across a number of cities worldwide suggests such a shift is possible.
Shifting the Focus: Smaller Electric Vehicles for Sustainable Cities
Corporate Partnership Board Report, Policy Insights,
26 September 2023
- Shift the focus of policies that promote electric vehicles to end the dependency on large, under-used vehicles.
- Help make smaller electric vehicles an attractive choice for citizens.
- Ensure the transition to smaller electric vehicles goes in hand with adequate safety provisions.
- Fast-track the electrification of shared mobility services in complement with public transport.
- Ensure the availability of enough charging points to make electric mobility attractive.
The Freight Space Race: Curbing the Impact of Freight Deliveries in Cities
Corporate Partnership Board Report, Policy Insights,
5 December 2022
- Manage curb space with a focus on the needs of both passengers and goods transport.
- Apply access restrictions for delivery vehicles in urban areas while considering business practices.
- Use more logistics data to better monitor and manage freight flows.
Artificial Intelligence in Proactive Road Infrastructure Safety Management
Roundtable Report, Policy Insights,
14 December 2021
- Develop a competitive market for the sharing and monetising of traffic and mobility data.
- Do not wait for real-time data before developing risk maps.
- Mandate the sharing of aggregate vehicle data.
- Learn from other fields and best practice for data sharing and privacy protection.
- Support research and innovation towards trusted and explainable AI.
- Align new tools with precise policy objectives.
- Develop new skills and digital infrastructure.
- Clarify regulatory frameworks for data protection and digital security.
- Design user-friendly risk-mapping tools.
Walkability in Amsterdam: More space for the mother of all modes of transport
Presentation, slides, speech,
28 November 2018
Safer City Streets - Current Research on European Cities
Presentation, slides, speech,
28 November 2018
Reviewing speed limits: the case for multi-criteria analysis
Presentation, slides, speech,
28 November 2018
Prioritising walking to create a safe and accessible city
Presentation, slides, speech,
28 November 2018
How to monitor motorist behaviour at pedestrian crossings
Presentation, slides, speech,
28 November 2018
Invisible Road Signs: Why truck drivers' visibility must improve to enhance road safety
Presentation, slides, speech,
28 November 2018
New directions for data driven transport safety: Impact of GDPR on road safety policy making
Presentation, slides, speech,
28 November 2018
Crowdsourced sensor data helping to improve cyclist safety
Presentation, slides, speech,
28 November 2018
Speed and crash data: Combining speed and crash data for safer city roads in The Hague
Presentation, slides, speech,
28 November 2018
Estimating city-level burden of road-traffic-collision fatalities
Presentation, slides, speech,
28 November 2018
Exposure-Adjusted Road Fatality Rates for Cycling and Walking in European Countries
Discussion Paper,
24 September 2018
The Safety of Electrically-assisted Bicycles Compared to Classic Bicycles in the Netherlands
Presentation, slides, speech,
29 January 2018