Seminar: "Urban Space Interventions and Their Impact on Mobility and Health: Lessons from Tokyo & Barcelona"

ICTA-UAB will host the seminar "Urban Space Interventions and Their Impact on Mobility and Health: Lessons from Tokyo & Barcelona". The activity is funded by the ERC project - HEU-101117700-ATRAPA.
 

Seminar: "Urban Space Interventions and Their Impact on Mobility and Health: Lessons from Tokyo & Barcelona"


Date: Friday, November 8th 2024
Time: 10.30h
Location: Sala Montseny (Z/022 & Z/023) ICTA-UAB

 

Program

10:30 - 10:40 | Welcome and Opening Remarks
Speakers: Oriol Marquet & Jerònia Cubells, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
 

10:40 - 11:00 | Presentation 1: A Walker’s Paradise ain’t a Driver’s Hell: Evaluating the Causal Effect of Temporary Road Pedestrianization on Traffic Condition of Surrounding Roads
Speaker:  Giancarlos Parady, University of Tokyo
 

11:00 - 11:20 | Presentation 2: How do superblock interventions influence health? 
Speaker: Alexandra Bretones (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
 

11:20 - 11:40 | Coffee Break
 

11:40 - 12:00 | Presentation 3: Pedestrian Dynamics and Their Policy Implications for Urban Public Space Design
Speaker: Keishi Fujiwara, Hiroshima University
 

12:00 - 12:20 | Presentation 4: Modelling approaches to redesigning urban streets for pedestrians 
Speaker: Yuki Oyama, University of Tokyo
 

12:20 - 13:00 | Closing Remarks and Q&A