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Designing Walkable Cities

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Overview

Why does walkability matter for public health, sustainability, and equity? And how can planners and designers create streets that are safer, more inclusive, and better connected?

This course introduces the core principles of walkability and explores how infrastructure, policies, and planning decisions shape everyday mobility in cities.
Explore how walkability shapes healthy, inclusive cities, and how planners can create better streets for everyone.
 

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course you will be able to:

  • define walkability and its key indicators,
  • identify infrastructure features that support pedestrian access and
  • explain how urban design and policy shape inclusive, walkable cities

Audience

This course is designed for professionals shaping cities that prioritise walkability and accessibility. Ideal for urban planners, transport officials, designers, and policymakers working to create safer, more inclusive environments for people on foot.

Modules

3 modules

Recommended schedule

2 day

Total length

2 hours

Instructors

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Melanie Davern

Melanie Davern, Principal Research Fellow within the Health, Place & Society Group in the Centre for Urban Research at RMIT University, Melbourne.

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Lucy Gunn

Melanie Davern, Principal Research Fellow within the Health, Place & Society Group in the Centre for Urban Research at RMIT University, Melbourne.

About the Course

This course is inspired from the course developed by RMIT University and EIT Urban Mobility, published on FutureLearn as Designing Walkability in Cities

Free & Paid options

You can access and participate in the course for free. If you want to earn a  certificate upon completion, you can purchase it. The certificate will be accessible only once the course is successfully completed. Read more here.

Course Content

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Why Is Walkability More Important than You Think?
What makes streets accessible?
Rethinking cities for people
Final knowledge check – Designing Walkable Cities

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Weeranat Anukool
Posted 2 months ago
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Iftikhar Hakim
Posted 5 months ago
The videos especially the 15 Minute city was very impressive

One video in Portuguese had no captions in english

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Britney Ndili
Posted 5 months ago
Introduction to walkability

Nice course for someone who knows nothing about walkabilty. Would be a good guide for citizens

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AHMED IKBARIEH
Posted 7 months ago
Valuable Content

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Zigiant EL Sarkaoui
Posted 7 months ago
Good Course

The course covered the basics of walkable streets, it gave insight with a couple of useful examples to reflect on. Short and easy to follow, helpful and a good resource for those who wish to learn about streetscape logic !

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Paula Goncalves
Posted 7 months ago
Covers a lot of ground

I found the course really helpful and clearly presented. It was concise with good graphics, case studies, short videos and links to further reading. The Porto case study was particularly inspiring. While the course could probably be shorter, it flowed well. It provided a good opportunity to refresh my understanding of walkability and learn about more up-to-date examples.

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