Transport Geographer, PhD in Transport Studies, Lecturer @UniofMalta
Malta
Joined January 2010
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Today, my colleagues @Sarahscheiber2, @wendyjomifsud and I presented our research findings on applying the #timedcity concept. #humancentric #activemobility #research #expo #initiative #ShineAtUM #umre2023 #malta
📰 The University of Malta Research Expo 2023 – A festival for research 📰 -
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#UM #Malta #University #MaltaUniversity #News #AcademicTwitter #Student #Newspoint
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On the importance of walking and creating walkable cities:
Researchers studied the cognitive performance of children after a 20-minute walk. It significantly improved reading comprehension performance.
Imagine how we can improve children's health if we create walkable streets!
It’s been a while! transportgeography.wordpress…
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World Food Day. The researchers Thérèse Bajada, Bernadine Satariano, Margaret Camilleri Fenech & Rachel Radmilli present essential information in the article: Food security in Malta. Learn more: um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle… #WordFoodDay #Agenda2030 #GlobalGoals
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The most important thing about this amazing Paris transformation is how fast it happened — how fast people on bikes “appeared” — once streets were transformed. You can’t write this off as “Paris was always this way,” because it wasn’t.
It took leadership.
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The term ‘road accident’ exemplifies society’s tolerance of road danger.
RoadPeace is pleased to see government listening to the voices of road crash victims who find the word accident upsetting.
#crashnotaccident
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"In a quality city, a person should be able to live their entire life without a car, and not feel deprived."
— @grescoe
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The ocean floor of the Pacific Ocean will likely be mined for metals needed for EV batteries. This is an ecosystem with species we haven't yet classified, one that we hardly understand. EV's are not a climate solution. They are a symptom of our addiction to cars and car culture.
Therese Bajada, PhD retweeted
We need to stop thinking like consumers living in an economy.
And start thinking like organisms living in an ecosystem.
check out the book routledge.com/The-COVID-19-P… & chapter10 on #coworkingspaces #chronourbanism #policy #sustainablemobility #malta @ilariamariotti5 @MinaDiMarino @PavelBedn4 @B_Satariano
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The idea of driverless cars is distracting us from real and proven solutions for urban mobility.
We don't need driverless cars.
We desperately need more carless drivers!
Therese Bajada, PhD retweeted
Every 1M spent on bike lanes creates 18 more jobs than the same amount for regular auto centric roads…lets “self-propel” our planets future….#bikelanesrock
Therese Bajada, PhD retweeted
Excessive road use and climate change go hand in hand.
It has to stop.
You can read about the impacts roads have on climate change and what you can do about it on our website transportactionnetwork.org.u…
ALT Traffic in Kings Cross, London
#opensource book out now: Towards #Sustainable #Transport and #Mobility
Perspectives on Travelling and Commuting in Small #Island States...check out ➡️➡️Chapter 8 A Decade Following the #Malta #Bus #Reform: #Attitudes Towards #ServiceQuality written by Prof. @MTMariaATT and I