📢Fully-funded PhD Studentship on the topic of Alternative Active Travel📢

Supervised by me & Prof Kiara Lewis HELS Research!

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are used in active travel. Deadline 30/04/24.

5pm on 18th April in Marylebone: Cycling@Tea-time ponders the future of electric cycles and Department for Transport consultation. With Phillip Darnton and Kate Ball. ticketsource.co.uk/active-travel-… #cycling #ebike

📢 Deadline 17 March to apply the this Research Associate role to work on my 'monitoring barrier removal on traffic-free routes' project.

You'll be based in the Active Travel Academy; an incredibly inclusive & supportive team researching all things AT.

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Hybrid role (0.5fte, 2 years) to work with me on my Motability funded project 'Monitoring barrier removal on traffic-free routes'.

A disabled person led project seeking to improve walking, wheeling, and cycling conditions for disabled people.

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Delighted to be awarded Motability Foundation funding for my 3-year project 'Monitoring access control removal on traffic-free routes'.

Using Vivacity sensors, interviews & surveys, we'll monitor the impacts of barrier removal on intended & antisocial use.

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Absolutely delighted to share this Active Travel Academy podcast I hosted, with Professor Aimi Hamraie they/them as our guest.

In the podcast we discuss accessibility, active travel, and crip mobility justice.

Audio and transcript available here:
blog.westminster.ac.uk/ata/accessibil…

🚨IN COURT TODAY🚨
Landmark Climate Litigation on UK roads
WATCH: Livestream from 1030 youtube.com/channel/UCFgPC…
LISTEN podcast about case: open.spotify.com/episode/1eKTwE…
READ more: tinyurl.com/dftlegalA47

Tomorrow #StopClimateCoverUp vital case on cumulative carbon will be at the Court of Appeal, Royal Courts of Justice.
Join us at 12.45 for a pavement gathering with speakers from roads campaigns including Becca Lush of Transport Action Network & Rupert Read 🌍 from Climate Majority Project.
#NoNewRoads

Are you a disabled person who cycles or would like to cycle?

We Active Travel Academy & Wheels for Wellbeing want to know your priorities for future research on disability and cycling.

Use this link to register your interest in participating: wminarchandcities.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a4…

Password: cycling

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What better way to start the year than entering the 2024 Celebrating Impact Prize.

Researchers who create positive impacts are recognised every year through the #ImpactPrize , with winners receiving £10,000 to further enhance their work.

Find out more: orlo.uk/LFCCd

Just resharing in case anyone is feeling 'New Year, New me, New PhD'.

Funding opportunity specifically for a disabled person interested in undertaking a PhD on accessible transport design, policy, or practice.

Let me know if you're interested 😊

It's great to get some of the results of the data I've been working on for the past nine months out! We can clearly see just how unequal and fragmented the cycle to work offerings are across the academic sector.

There's more to come though!

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The death rate in Gaza is at a historic high, with thousands of children killed in just a few weeks.
Demanding an end to this inexcusable violence is a question of basic humanity. Silence is complicity. You cannot be silent in an unfolding genocide.
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Getting rural right. Cycling@Tea-time session, 17:00, Monday 18th December, central London.
Featuring @stacydowding & WSP colleague, Jon Little
More info and booking at forms.office.com/e/RbNNx1RN7c

Massive congratulations to all our MSc Transport Planning and Management UoW graduates! Such a joy to participate to this important day with you. Special thanks to WSP and Adrian sponsoring the best dissertation prize!! Well done Lucy Molloy! Rachel Aldred University of Westminster Peter Bonfield

Excited about MSc Transport Planning & Management at University of Westminster? We're seeking strong candidates for the Rees Jeffrey Road Funds scholarships starting Sep 2024. Reach out to enrica papa #TransportPlanning #Scholarship Rachel Aldred

Modifying transport behaviour: theory, practice and politics. Our popular course is back for its fourth run. Thursdays, from 17:30 to 20:30, in Marylebone. 12 sessions, beginning 25th January. Find out more and request a spot at westminster.ac.uk/transport-and-…

Our new report shines a light on the shocking abuse, harassment and violence faced by many LGBTQ+ people when travelling in the capital.

We have 12 key recommendations for transport and police authorities to adopt. #OutInLondon 🏳️‍🌈 londontravelwatch.org.uk/campaigns/pers…