Network as a Living Laboratory

GLOBAL WALKABILITY CORRESPONDENTS NETWORK AS A LIVING LABORATORY

People who are interested in or already joined the Global Walkability Correspondents Network here at Pedestrian Space often ask me ‘What are your expectations and visions of the Network?’.

As the Network is quite young (just over two months old!) and this is the first time I have founded and facilitated a network, I like to view things as very organic and experimental in these early stages.

My vision of the Network is as a ‘living laboratory’ of exchange and ideas with passionate people from all over the world connecting and collaborating on themes of walkability, mobility, sustainable urbanism and related topics.

The recently established (January 2022) Global Walkability Correspondents Network at Pedestrian Space is dynamic & growing with Walkability Correspondents in 27 countries & 48 cities. The Network brings together voices of #walkability from around the world for exchange, solidarity & collaboration!

View a map of where Global Walkability Correspondents are today.

The recent formation of working groups in the network has really activated connectivity among group members and it is exciting to continue to onboard new Correspondents from cities around the world.

Please feel free to subscribe to the Pedestrian Space newsletter, which will launch this May and feature voices, ideas and activities from the Network, excerpts of unique content from pedestrianspace.org as well as some of the projects I am working on individually and in collaboration with others, towards more equitable, walkable and livable cities.

The ‘Living Lab’ concept as my vision for the Global Walkability Correspondents Network invites participation with the idea that network activities enrich participants’ lives, projects and vice versa. The Network cultivates space and opportunity for connection to view and experience our respective and diverse habitats as laboratories for ideas, exchange, creativity and experimentation towards more walkable and livable environments.

-Annika Lundkvist, Founder at Pedestrian Space