Chair

Ana Marçal - Centro de Informação Urbana de Lisboa | CML, Portugal

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Developed by the Urban Information Center of Lisbon (Lisbon City Council), in partnership with the DINAMIA-CET research center (ISCTE-IUL), the activity “MaPEar Lisboa” is an experience that implies reading and analyzing urban space, using walking, observation and sensory perception as methodology.

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Over the course of 3 hours, participants, organized into groups, are invited to explore an area of the city – Largo do Rato - and “map” the territory, according to a certain theme or premise.

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By marking their chosen route on a map, they will record the situations that evoke the proposed theme, complementing the survey with images, recordings or notes.

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Afterwards, all the contributions are presented and a global map is drawn up with the main occurrences identified.

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Travel Mode: Walking

Chair: Paula Rebelo - Departamento de Espaço Público | CML, Portugal

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‘A Square in Every Neighbourhood’ Programme - Based on a square, a street, a shopping area, a neighbourhood garden, or an existing or planned collective facility, this programme proposed organising a meeting point for the local community, a microcentre that would concentrate activity and employment, establishing itself as a public space of excellence and a place to be, and where pedestrian accessibility and other soft modes of transport such as bicycles and public transport were prioritised, with the rearrangement of parking and the promotion of traffic calming measures, and with a methodology that also included an important stage of public participation. The aim is to show some of the places that have been renovated as a result of this programme.

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Itinerary: Duque de Saldanha Square | Fontes Pereira de Melo Avenue | Marquês Pombal

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The meeting point will be next to the kiosk in Picoas square.

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Travel Mode: Walking

Chair: Pedro Nave - Div. Plano de Acessibilidade Pedonal | CML, Portugal

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A municipal pilot project was developed at Alexandre Herculano Street (a road with heavy traffic) aiming to demonstrate how it was possible to improve pedestrian accessibility conditions in a consolidated urban area by implementing traffic calming measures. The project also encompassed testing equipment to aid blind people and people with low vision at pedestrian crossings. Seven years after the intervention, it is now possible to see the practical effects of the adopted measures.

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Travel Mode: Walking

Chair: David Felismino - Museu Lisboa | Egeac | CML, Portugal

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With its narrow streets and medieval style, the century-old labyrinthine city was irreparably destroyed by the 1755 earthquake, giving way to an innovative urban plan for downtown Lisbon.

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Starting at Largo Adelino Amaro da Costa, this walking tour is a journey to discover Lisboa Pombalina, the protagonists of its reconstruction and the projects conceived for this new city reborn from the rubble and ashes.

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The route takes 90 minutes and can be extended to 120 minutes, depending on people's enthusiasm and participation.

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Travel Mode: Walking

Chair: Filipa Corais - Municipality of Braga, Portugal

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The municipality of Braga covers an approximate area of 200 km2 where most of the population lives less than 20 minutes on foot or by bike from the city center. With a pedestrian area of about 150.000 m2 (the largest in the country), the historic center of the city connects, at relatively short distances, with a series of relevant educational, cultural, religious and administrative facilities. These surroundings are part of a set of routes that, due to their functional and patrimonial character, present themselves as an important axis of pedestrian flows where the municipality has sought to intervene, improving the accessibility and comfort conditions of the public space. Avenida da Liberdade, recently intervened under the project "Eu Já Passo Aqui!" (I Already Pass Here!), is one of these examples. The project “Eu já passo Aqui!"(I Already Pass Here!) emerged from a proposal of the Participatory Budget, called "Eu Não Passo Aqui!” (I Don't Pass Here!), which called for the elimination of architectural barriers in a small route of the city. Although it was not selected, this proposal was integrated into the municipality's broader strategic vision, linked to the promotion of walkability. Defined in the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan, this strategic vision had as a pioneering project, in 2017, the "Areas+" project. The project was implemented in four strategic neighborhoods of the city, creating accessible routes connecting the densified residential areas with the main hubs of the city. The objective of this visit is to get to know some of these interventions, taking advantage of the presence of the stakeholders involved to discuss the relevance of the options taken, as well as to make known some of the methodologies adopted in the context of involvement and participation of citizens. This visit aims to articulate with the theme of Councillor Olga Pereira's conference at the Lisbon event - "Co-creation methodologies for the promotion of pedestrian mobility in Braga".

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Itinerary and places to visit:

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02:00 pm.

Reception in the Municipal Noble Hall by the President and the Councillor for Mobility, Praça do Município.

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02:30 pm.

Guided tour of the pedestrian area of the historic centre

Visit to Avenida da Liberdade and S. Lázaro (project "Eu Já Passo Aqui!") Route Along the Ecovia of the East River and visit to the “Makro” Block (project "Areas+")

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4:30 p.m.

Visit to Bom Jesus, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (bus and funicular transport - the oldest in the world powered by hydraulic power)

Green of Honor at the Confraria do Bom Jesus.

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5:30 p.m.

Return to the city center/ Braga Station.

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Travel Mode: Walking, Bus and Funicular

Chairs

Catarina Cadima - Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Lia Ferreira - DINÂMIA'CET, Portugal | PhD Student and Mentor

João Pestana - Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Cecília Silva - Universidade do Porto, Portugal

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To address the needs of all users and recuperate pedestrian space, designers in Porto have developed several interventions. This walking tour will showcase some of these initiatives, providing insights from practitioners and revealing hidden treasures of the city of Porto along the way. The tour will have four stops and should take around two hours. Itinerary:

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14h15 - Alexandre Braga St. Rescuing pedestrian space. Host 1
14h45 - Batalha Sq. PISI integrated signalling and information project. Host 2
15h10 - Cativo st. Net 20. Host 3
15h45 - Rodrigues de Freitas av. Tactical urbanism. Host 4

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Travel Mode: Walking

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Other elements considered relevant for the visit:

• By train (Lisboa Oriente - Porto Campanhã): https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/pt/consultar-horarios
• By bus (Lisboa Oriente - Porto Campanhã): https://rede-expressos.pt/pt/horarios-bilhetes and https://www.flixbus.pt

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To check if your bus or subway is already arriving you can download the mobile application MOVE-ME

Chair: Elsa Saraiva - Cascais City Council, Portugal

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Quinta do Pisão invites everyone to experience the natural beauty of this green space in an inclusive way, with the "Nature for All" Project. On an accessible circular route of 3.5 km, we will be able to enjoy a walk of about 1.5 hours that has been carefully designed for everyone to enjoy, regardless of their mobility.

With adapted off-road vehicles, equipped with handlebars or joysticks, anyone, even with reduced mobility, can participate. These vehicles allow direct driving by users or their companions, ensuring a mobility experience in nature that promotes well-being and inclusion.

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Travel Mode: Public Transport, Walking

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Additional Information: It is advisable to wear  hiking shoes and comfortable clothing.