We are pleased to announce SustainERA Public Research Talk #8 by Dr Age Poom, taking place on 26 May 2026.
⏱️ 05/26/2026 – 13:00 – 14:00 EEST
📍 Zoom
Age Poom is Associate Professor in Urban Environment and the Head of the Mobility Lab at the Department of Geography, University of Tartu.
She will deliver the talk “Who Cycles, Where, and Why? Evidence From Bike Share Planning to Readiness for a Modal Shift”.
Date and time: Tuesday, 26 May, 13:00-14:00 EEST
Format: Zoom, the meeting link will be sent before the talk upon registration.
The talk summary and the speaker’s bio can be found below.
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Talk Summary
“Who Cycles, Where, and Why? Evidence From Bike Share Planning to Readiness for a Modal Shift”
In her talk, Age Poom will examine urban biking through four lenses: policy and planning, accessibility and equity, user behaviour and route choice, and readiness for modal shift. It draws on the multi-method research conducted in the Mobility Lab, spanning from Tartu to collaborative research across Nordic cities. The talk will demonstrate how high-quality cycling data helps understand behavioural choices across space, time, and user groups, and inform urban and transport planning.
About the Speaker
Age Poom is Associate Professor in Urban Environment and the Head of the Mobility Lab at the Department of Geography, University of Tartu. Her work, anchored in human mobility and urban geography, focuses on travel behaviour and activity spaces, active travel and sustainable mobility transition, and environmental exposure and urban inequalities. She is a member of the editorial board of the journals Big Data & Society and European Transport Studies, and the Chair of the biennial Mobile Tartu Conference.
About SustainERA
Running from 2025–2029, the ERA Chair in Sustainable Futures project (SustainERA) at Tallinn University combines high-level research with innovative solutions to promote sustainable mindsets and practices. The project is funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe ERA Chair initiative.