Research
European Coordinated Action
The COST Action 358 "Pedestrians' Quality Needs"
is currently reporting on the research projects on pedestrian's needs. You find the information on this multinational coordinated action on the following website:
www.walkeurope.org
The amount of information available on this website will be growing until 2010. Therefore we don't give specific information on this program here.
European research projects on walking (or walking and cycling):
ADONIS (1996-1997)
Analysis and development of new insight into substitution of short car trips by cycling and walking). There is no Project Website, but you find more information in the European project databank Cordis.
WALCYNG (1996-1997)
How to enhance WALking and cYcliNG instead of shorter car trips and to make these modes safer. No Website either, information and Downloads in the databank Cordis
PROMPT (2000-2003)
The Project "New Means to PROMote Pedestrian Traffic in Cities you find under: prompt.vtt.fi.
SIZE (2002-2006)
The EU-Project "SIZE" on the mobility of senior citizens comparing the situation in several European cities you find under:
www.size-project.at
SPATIAL METRO (2005-2008)
The Interreg NW project called "Spatial Metro, a Network for Discovering the City on Foot" is composed of research and applied interregional collaboration, including investments in improvements for pedestrians. Info on
INTERREG-Website or on territorialcooperation
Research in America (US)
A list of projects and a list of researchers you find on the Website of the
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center, or more specifically on walkinginfo.org or on bicyclinginfo.org or on the image library for pedestrian and bicycle images.
More Pedestrian Projects?
We want to add any other project whose main concern is a pedestrian topic. Please send us the links to more such projects to secretary@pedestrians-int.org.
Many papers on pedestrian-related issues by authors from different countries you find on the search-page of the walk21-website
Looking for more organisations?
Here you find more organisations of all kinds (mostly in the US):
Society-Links.com - Society Directory
Search for expressions like "walk" or "pedestrians" --> good luck.