Our public space and transport needs are diverse. Understanding why people make the mobility choices they do requires a hollistic and intersectional approach. At Modacity Creative, our projects emphasize the human stories that underpin innovation and change towards more equitable and empathetic mobility.
URBACT Vienna Calling Study Visit
As an ad-hoc expert for URBACT, together with local and network experts, Melissa helped organise a 2- day study visit in Vienna, Austria for civic leaders and practitioners throughout Eastern Europe. Focused on how Vienna’s has and continues to transform it’s urban streets as a climate adaptation, inclusion, and future-proofing measure, Melissa contributed through presenting examples of urban transformation throughout Europe, as well as leading discussions on the ground of some of Vienna’s latest innovations for more quitable public space.
GNPT Delhi Deep Dive
In mid-2025, Melissa travelled to Delhi, India for a Deep Dive into two- and three-wheeler (2&3W) research, data, and usage, organised by the Global Network for Popular Transport (GNPT). Created to encourage journalists and content creators to share how how 2&3Ws are supporting a just mobility transition in low- and middle-income countries, she spent three days immersed in presentations, workshops, and using popular transport, resulting in a series of articles and posts about the potential of popular transport.
View a sample of the content here.
Active School Travel Workshop
As part three of the day-long workshop in the Village of Pinecrest, FL, Modacity Creative was invited to present the on the software of planning and designing for Safe Routes to School alongside the hardware principles presented by the experts from the Dutch Urban Design Team. The interactive presentation focused on planning for safe and active school travel through outlining the tools for effective engagement with children and parents/caregivers using the Three E’s: Engagement, Engineering, and Education.
WMW Webinar Series
Webinar series discussing the intersectionality of gender and mobility through a variety of lenses including race, ability, age, gender identity, and even pregnancy. The series sheds light on the diverse and intersecting experiences women have in transport, and how advocates and professionals can help address their needs.
View the webinars on the WMW YouTube channel here.
UMX Short-Video Series
EIT Urban Mobility Explained (UMX) videos share innovations and trends in sustainable mobility. Together with filmmaker André Smits, Melissa Bruntlett has developed a series of 1- to 5-minute videos on a variety of topics including school streets, social cost benefits, sponge cities, mobility hubs, and child-friendly planning.
View the news shorts on the UMX YouTube channel here.
CamCycle Workshop
In this workshop, Inspiring Better Conversations participants including local and regional government representatives were introduced to the concept of empathetic mobility and who benefits from this more inclusive approach. Reflecting on their own mobility the communities, they collaboratively explored how to ask better questions to identify the greatest potential for interventions.
REALLOCATE Expert Advisor
REALLOCATE is a four-year project (May 2023 – April 2027) that catalyses change in mobility practices. Together with relevant stakeholders, the project team develops integrated and innovative sustainable urban mobility solutions. As an expert advisor Melissa provides insights on best practice and suitability for solutions from a lens of inclusion, accessibility, and equity.
WMW Position Paper: Feminist Development Policy and the Just Transition
Competing Forces for Gender Equitable Transport
As an increasing number of organizations commit to gender-sensitive policies, adopting comprehensive Feminist Development Policies will facilitate the development of locally
driven transport solutions and innovations that will improve the transport experience for women and girls and move cities towards a sustainable, just transition. Read more here.
WMW Short Paper: The 15-Minute City
A Feminist Utopia?
When examining the principles of the 15-minutes city with a feminist city lens, cogent links with the principles of proximity, solidarity and participation can be made, wherein the concept of a more feminist city is one that more easily enables care trips, tripchaining, and more social connection to one’s community. The question is, therefore, can the adoption of the 15-minute city help to simultaneously create more feminist cities? Read more here.
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