Training for engineers sells out!

Victoria Walks will soon be training transport planners and engineers in designing streets to make it safer and easier to walk around, including for people with disability.

Our first professional development training course for Universal Access Audits, assessing streets and plans for walkability and Disability Discrimination Act compliance, will start in June.

And the response from transport professionals has been very positive, meaning the first course for 25 practitioners is already fully booked, 7 weeks out from the event!

The program is a collaboration between Victoria Walks and:

• Safe System Solutions, leading experts in Australian road safety and professional development for transport planners and engineers
• Amanda Lawrie-Jones, Founder of Accessible Action and a Finalist in the ‘Change Making’ category of the National Awards for Disability Leadership  
• Bridget Doran, a New Zealand based transportation engineer, researcher and human factors psychologist with specialist expertise in transport equity.

In addition to Bridget and Amanda, Jo Eady and Duane Burtt from Victoria Walks will be course presenters.

This training will be run in person across a two-day intensive, enabling participants to apply their learning on the ground as part of on-street training in Melbourne.

By building the capacity and knowledge of the people managing our streets, the training should translate to better streets for walking.

“If we can design our streets to make it safe and easy to get around in a wheelchair, with a guide dog or pushing a pram, it will be easier for everyone to enjoy walking to get places in their community,” Victoria Walks Executive Officer Ben Rossiter said.

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