As part of a workshop several days ago on inclusive transport, a group of us conducted a walking audit. That is, we visited the neighbourhood on foot to investigate the walking conditions. During the audit, a female participant commented to me, “If I’d known we were going to be walking, I would’ve worn different shoes.” Apparently her concept of inclusive transport included not just those temporarily or permanently in wheelchairs, on crutches, with difficulties hearing or seeing, and those with mental or psychiatric impairments, but women in high heeled shoes. Or more simply she, like so many transport planners, did not consider walking as transport. Asking women to wear practical footwear may seem unreasonable, and there may be little incentive to do so when walking is, in any case, a miserable experience due to the dominance of motorized vehicles and the miserable space allocated to those on foot. I personally look forward to the day when pedestrian environments are so attractive, enjoyable, and safe that people would prefer the reward of walking in them to whatever reward they imagine from wearing uncomfortable shoes.