Karl Saidla. Active transportation policy - what, why, how?
Channel: Mobility Lab
Date: 2022-03-21

The public online lecture series "Mobility analysis and planning for human-scale cities" arranged by the Mobility Lab, University of Tartu, features experts and leading scholars in the field of mobility and transport. The lecture series seeks to answer the question of how to promote human-scale, sustainable, and just cities through mobility analysis and transport planning. The lectures address transport policy, the social, environmental and health aspects of mobility and transport, traditional and novel methods in mobility analysis and transport planning, and innovative technologies and future solutions and their social impact. 

In this lecture, the postdoctoral research fellow Karl Saidla, Mobility Lab, University of Tartu, talks about active transportation policy. 

Karl's current research compares the bike share systems of Tartu and Helsinki from the perspective of public policy. Overall, his research explores what governmental approaches are most likely to help sustain and grow active transportation rates. He has a particular interest in Nordic and Canadian cases. His PhD thesis compared the promotion of walking, cycling, and public transit use in Ottawa, Canada, and Helsinki, Finland.