The24th annual Walk21 Conference will be taking place in Lisbon, Portugal October 14-18, 2024. This conference focuses on creating liveable communities through pedestrian friendly mobility. This conference is hosted by The Institute of Mobility and Transport on behalf of the Government of the Portuguese Republic in partnership with the City of Lisbon. Dagmar Köhler, Robin van der Griend, and Anna Wyner will be in attendance as well as presenting.Mobyconis excited to collaborate with and learn from professionals globally with the goal of creating more walkable spaces, safer streets, and liveable communities.
Sessions by Mobycon
Are Bicycle Friendly Intersections a Nightmare for Walking?
In this Learning Lab we will explore how people experience bicycle-friendly intersections when walking. Together with participants, we will explore “the good, the bad and the ugly” of bicycle-friendly intersection designs. Are people walking confronted with less space and new types of conflicts, or could there also be mutual benefits?
A ‘Woonerf’, also known as ‘home zone’ or ‘living street’, is often referred to as a positive example of comfortable public space. Yet, the design is still more of an exception than a widespread standard for liveable streets. At this session we will look at the challenges for the woonerf design that are holding it back from being implemented more widely, as well as ideas and concrete examples for an improved version based on the Good Street framework: A “Woonerf 2.0” that would allow for an easier, more widespread adoption.
Walkshop: A Framework for Designing Streets for Place and Flow
Details: Wednesday 16 Oct, 11:00-12:30 WEST
In this walkshop, we will explore how to design streets to make them accessible, appealing, and valuable public spaces. Street designers must address more than a traffic engineering perspective, and in this walkshop we will provide an introduction to the Good Street framework on how this can be achieved. We will go out to conduct an Integrated Place Assessment through the pedestrian lens on some streets near the conference venue.
