In recent years, a new wave of transformative urbanism aims to re-shape our cities to be more livable, sustainable, and inclusive. These initiatives aim to intervene in the built environment to force travel and transportation behavior change towards achieving sustainable development goals. Some examples of these movement are the creation of superblocks, which prioritize pedestrians and cyclists over cars, and 15-minute cities, which ensure that residents have access to essential services and amenities within a 15-minute walk or bike ride. Together, these approaches aim to promote healthier, more equitable, and more resilient urban environments for all. While these policies are becoming increasingly popular around the world, and pursue lofty goals, they are often heavily centralized and developed in a strong top-down manner, opening up the possibility for negative consequences. To date, not much is known on the exact impacts of these policies on people’s everyday behavior and wellbeing.
This session proposal aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to discuss innovative and inclusive approaches to urban transportation. We welcome submissions that focus on the social impacts of fare-free public transport and 15-minute cities, and particularly encourage those that analyze these policies through a gender lens. By examining how these policies impact genders differently and identifying ways to make them more equitable for all, we aim to foster a thought-provoking and engaging discussion on the potential of these policies to create more inclusive and sustainable cities.
Potential topics for submissions for this session include but are not limited to:

Impact of fare-free public transport on women’s mobility and access to employment opportunities in a specific city.
Supeblocks and transport equity
Bike infrastructure connectivity and equal access opportunities
Gendered barriers to accessing and utilizing 15-minute cities and future policy recommendations for addressing them.
Examination of the implementation and outcomes of fare-free public transport in cities with different levels of gender equality.
Accumulative disadvantages and intersectionality. Low-income women and non-binary individuals.

We look forward to receiving a diverse range of submissions that bring together different perspectives and approaches to this important topic. We encourage innovative types of working methodologies, either qualitative or quantitative research.  Interdisciplinary approaches bringing together different perspectives will be highly appreciated.   presentations + Q&AAbstracts in catalan, spanish or english are all welcome

Oriol Marquet (1); Monika Maciejewska (2)
(1) Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, (2) Vrije Universiteit Brussels

 
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