Children leading the way - a method for including children´s perspectives in transport planning

Purpose and goal:

The project aims to develop a method to produce a basis for decisions concerning children´s interests when planning and designing transport environments and facilities. The project´s objective is to contribute to children´s perspectives being included in transport planning and in this way satisfy children´s rights to influence social development and increase their opportunities for active travel.

Expected results and effects: ** Denna text är maskinöversatt **

As the effect logic map shows, we believe that this project helps to get a mobility system that is adapted to the children´s needs, a system that is also sustainable and socially developing. It is a challenging project, bringing in the children´s perspective has failed before, but we believe that with the method described we can solve this societal challenge at a system level.

The result, or the proposed method, we believe can satisfy the need to include children´s perspectives in the planning process. The next step is to take this to Proof of Concept. Approach and implementation:

The approach to developing this method is divided into different work packages where the method is successively developed.

First a description of the current situation is made. In the next step, obstacles and opportunities in planning practice are analysed. The analysis aims to create an understanding of opportunities, obstacles and prerequisites for including children´s perspectives in traffic planning. In the next step, method development begins. Finally, an evaluation of the method is made.