As part of the project the Institute has organised a number of active travel workshops where participants are invited to walk and cycle in various parts of the Region and discuss issues and challenges of active travel in the islands. During this workshop, attendees were invited to participate in a short, guided walk and on-site activity to identify the barriers to walking and re-imagine the urban street design within the surrounding areas of the University.
These designs will then be visualised and presented to other stakeholders in future workshops for discussion and co-creation. This forms part of the PhD study of Karyn Scerri, (Research Support Officer and PhD student at the Institute) under the supervision of Prof. Maria Attard, which focuses on walking as a mode of transport for short-distance trips.
The aim of the Nudging Active Travel’ project is to provide information about the benefits of walking and cycling, as well as educate people about walking and cycling distances and travel times and the under-rated benefits of active travel over driving, especially for short distances. This project stems from the work being undertaken by the Institute on active travel and focuses on the identification and mapping of a walking and cycling network within the Region and the installation of 10 information totems across various localities, signalling useful information about walking and cycling distances and travel times to a set of locations.
The routes can be easily accessed by scanning a QR code with a phone or online through the ICCSD website whilst on the go.