Professorial Inaugural Lecture – Rachel Aldred

In this lecture, Prof Rachel Aldred reflected on over fifteen years of researching active travel, changes implemented in London and elsewhere, and the limits of those changes. Rachel suggested ways in which walking and cycling environments need to change to ensure that more people can walk and cycle, that these opportunities are available to currently under-represented groups, and that people’s experiences of walking and cycling are more equal than they are now. This drew on Rachel’s own and other research, and considered what we might expect or hope for in future.