Twitter account for the UCL Street Mobility and Network Accessibility project, which aims to develop tools for overcoming barriers to walking among older people
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Joined May 2013
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Nuestra última actividad oficial en Europa. Hoy estuvimos compartiendo experiencias e ideas para colaboraciones futuras con colegas de @HealthUGent @ResearchUGent #PCI #CONICYT @humanidadesufro @EduardoHebel – at Ghent, Belgium
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What makes people feel safe at night? On the science of street lights ow.ly/zkHF30mmKdv via @CityMetric #saferstreets #smartcities #futurecities #bigdata #urbandata #research
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At 4pm today, Prof Laura Vaughan will be on @BBCRadio4 programme #ThinkingAllowed talking about her #openaccess book Mapping Society.
@urban_formation bbc.in/2O3ESpt
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ECR Shout out! We would like to congratulate @vickijenneson who was awarded the prize for Best Presentation at Nutrition Society’s Nutrition Futures Conference in Newcastle this year for her talk “Systematic review of electronic sales data in population dietary surveillance”.
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Can Houston transition to a walkable, transit friendly city? Eliminating parking requirements in its most walkable, transit-accessible n'hoods would be a good start. usa.streetsblog.org/2018/09/…
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Swiss citizens just voted to make their national government more responsible for coordinating & developing cycling infrastructure nationwide, enshrining it right in their constitution. The "yes" side of the national plebiscite won with 73.6% of the vote.
swissinfo.ch/eng/september-2…
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Delighted to launch today the Bartlett Doctoral Review 2018. This showcases highlights from the Bartlett doctoral year, including original features & links to blogs & news stories from 2017-18. Now live at:
issuu.com/ucl82/docs/bartlet…
#Bartlett #PhD #inspiration #achievement #impact
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Dr Leonie Maria Tanczer took our new MPA students on a London walking tour - here they are proudly standing in front of #UCL main campus #STEaPPinduction #Engineering #Publicpolicy @UCLEngineering @leotanczt
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When Vancouver’s newly-elected mayor proposed a protected bike lane in 2008, pundits claimed it would be the beginning and end of his political career.
In the decade since, the three-term mayor built a robust, citywide network for all ages and abilities.
youtu.be/_hcsEb98UHw – at Vancouver, British Columbia
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Like #StarWars ? Love #BackToTheFuture ? Our @celsiusnews lunch hour lecture by @oliver_dw hosted by @JamesKneale will bring these to life with real data on Jedis and what life might be like now for Marty and George McFly’s peers in England and Wales @ESRC @UCLDIS @UCLgeography
The autumn series of the UCL Lunch Hour Lectures will start on 2 October, register here lhl-2-october.eventbrite.co.…. They will take place in the Darwin Lecture Theatre at UCL. Find out more about the programme: events.ucl.ac.uk/calendar/da…
The lectures are free and open to all.
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If you heard our @Tanya_Braun on @BBCOxford and want to know more about our campaign to bring an end to #pavementparking, take a look here ⤵️ - we'd love your support. livingstreets.org.uk/pavemen…
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Benvenuto a #piazzadergano! Whether you’re 8½ or 80, Milano’s newest public is open to all. Thanks to Mayor Sala and the maestros of mobility for la dolce via!
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Great to meet our new cohort of @BScPopHealth students yesterday. Welcome week continues today - talks start at 10am
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Mayors riding the bus is always a happy story.
"This is one of the most sought-after services that I've experienced as a mayor. People have been asking for increased, fixed-route public transportation"
Warren, Ohio, Mayor Doug Franklin
wytv.com/news/local-news/war…
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54% of commuters were emailing for work. Should catching up on emails on the commute constitute work time? Some great research from @drjulietjain and @UWE_CTS reported here and at #RGSIBG2018 bbc.com/news/education-45333…
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Another reason people find rail travel so inconvenient! Really hard for anyone with eyesight or cognitive difficulties or anyone who doesn’t normally travel by train to understand these or even not lose them! This must change! – at Ventimiglia, Liguria
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Less than two years after Boston lowered its speed limit to 25 mph....
Read the rest here: bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/0…
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In Boston per capita traffic fatalities are 8 times (!!) less than they are in Birmingham, Alabama. Why?
All over the country, cities that make more trips by transit have FAR fewer traffic fatalities.
usa.streetsblog.org/2018/08/…
