In this article we advance a concept of future slow mobilities as a prism through which to consider the constitution of everyday mobilities futures characterised by care and guided by values of safety and inclusivity. In doing so, rather than drawing on a single project we demonstrate the benefits for a programmatic approach to research and design, whereby we focus on the findings of an expert participatory design futures workshop, which was built, part of and incorporated in-depth ethnographic, creative practice and documentary research. This constitutes a reframing practice, whereby our work highlights what it means to feel and connect to people, places and other species in slow mobilities. It illustrates a sustained response to dominant visions of seamless mobility futures which emphasise speed and the optimisation of time and financial resources, with supposed safety and efficiency outcomes, through the alternative frame of future slow mobilities. We thus contribute to innovations in design ethnographic and futures anthropological methodologies as well as advancing the slow mobilities concept through a futures focus. © 2025 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.