Daniel Oviedo Hernandez

Daniel Oviedo Hernandez is an Associate Professor in Urban Transport and Development Planning at the Development Planning Unit of University College London. He is a Civil engineer by training with a masters on Transport Planning and PhD in Development Planning. He has over 14 years of experience as researcher and lecturer in transport and development both in the UK and overseas. His experience in research and consultancy in projects related to urban and interurban transport focus mainly on Global South Cities, having worked in projects across Latin America, Africa, Asia and the UK. He specializes on the social, economic, and spatial analysis of inequalities related to urban transport and policy evaluation in developing countries. He has been advisor for various national governments including Colombia, Peru, Panama, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank on issues related to transport planning, social equity and sustainability. He is founder of the international network for Transport and Accessibility in Low-Income Communities (INTALInC) in Latin America and the Caribbean (intalinc-lac.com), the UCL-Osaka Walking Cities Lab (https://www.walkingcitieslab.com/) and the UCL Inclusive Mobility Innovations Platform (https://www.ime-ucl.io/). Currently, He is the principal investigator for the On the Way to School project (https://www.onthewaytoschoolproject.org/)