Summary of the INTALInC Hallsworth Conference
The International Network for Transport and Accessibility in Low Income Communities (INTALInC) Conference took place from May 19th to 21st, 2026, at the University of Manchester. This year’s conference, Addressing Transport Inequalities in the Global South, held a mix of keynote speeches, workshops and a poster session. Keynote speeches, one of which was given by the Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CSUD)’s director Dr. Jacqueline Klopp, addressed aspects of people-centered approaches to transport decarbonization, the link between transport interventions and urban settlements, mobility of care, accessibility, transport justice, popular transportation and the link between walking and transport. The eight workshops, two of which were co-led by PRISM members Dr. Jacqueline Klopp, Dr. Ransford Antwi Acheampong and Dr. Ariana Salas Castillo, focused on the relationships between transport and infancy and youth, girls and women, elderly and disabled people and informal settlements, as well as walking, popular transit, road safety and governance. The poster session provided a space for scholars to showcase their work around transport and the inclusion of the ageing population, women and people with disabilities, accessibility and equity, informal settlements, governance and public participation.
These conversations brought together for three days scholars from a large variety of disciplines, regions and stages in their academic paths to understand the everyday mobility experiences of low income communities, discuss how transport poverty and policy intersect with many other areas, such as social, climate and public health policymaking, and better understand how more inclusive mobilities could be shaped and promoted.
Besides the enriching and insightful conversations and exchanges, this event opened new venues for future collaborations between PRISM and INTALInC. Expect a co-organized webinar series for 2027!
This conference was supported by the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF), with sponsoring partners from the Manchester Urban Institute, the University of Cape Town, the Partnership for Research on Informal and Shared Mobility (PRISM), Walk21, the University of York, Columbia Climate School, University College London (UCL), the Institute of Transport Economics (TOI), the University of the West of England, and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). INTALInC was established in 2017 to provide evidence to ensure that everyone has the right to affordable, safe, clean and reliable mobility resources, with a particular focus on meeting the accessibility needs of low income, urban populations in the global south.
For more information, visit the conference blog at the Manchester Urban Institute website.
