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Keeping Distance With Footpath Existence! How Dublin Used The Covid Pandemic to Boost Walkability

Tanja Polonyi - April 27, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has drastically changed the way we move. It has highlighted the need to reallocate space and take a new perspective on city planning. Early in 2020, Dublin set a plan in...

Walking

Traffic Snake Game Network: How an EU Project Encourages Sustainable Mobility Through a Game

Metka Novak - April 27, 2021

How to implement changes in a fun and exciting way? How to influence the youngest residents of your city to switch to sustainable means of transport? Well, through gaming, obviously! Specifically, with a game...

Walking

Building Better Neighbourhoods: The Benefits of Walkable Cities

Karl Dickinson - April 27, 2021

All of us are pedestrians. We’re born with all we need – legs – to participate and use them throughout our lives without even thinking. Walking makes our lives more convenient, enjoyable, affluent, and...

Walking

5 EU Projects on Walkability and Their Contributions

Metka Novak - April 22, 2021

It starts with ACCESS2MOUNTAIN and ends with Smart Pedestrian Net. We’ll give you a quick and neat glossary of selected EU walkability projects and their achievements. EU projects hold more meaning than first meets the...

Walking

Taking Inspiration From Tokyo’s Pedestrian Paradises

Maximilian Prutsch - April 22, 2021

The ‘World Car Free Day’ is an important event to give people an idea of what their city could be like, if we stopped allocating most of the valuable public space to the least...

Walking

Walking: Facts & Figures

Karl Dickinson - April 19, 2021

Sedentary behaviour has become part of our everyday lives. It’s dangerous for our health, wellbeing, the environment, and the economy. Walking provides an antidote. But what do you really know about the wonders of...

Walking

So, You Talk the Talk, but Can You Walk the Walk? These EU Projects Can!

Metka Novak - April 16, 2021

Believe it or not, implementing a safe and reliable pedestrian infrastructure is not an easy task. Such projects require collaboration among many cities and countries, extensive research, a lot of time, and, let’s face...

Inclusive Cities

CityChanger Kalpana Viswanath: Technology for Safety – How an App Is Giving Women a Sense of Security

Tanja Polonyi - April 14, 2021

There is one thing women all over the world have in common – fear. Fear of harassment and violence as soon as they enter public spaces. How to conquer this global issue? CityChanger Kalpana...

Cycling

How to Achieve a Walking and Cycling Transformation in Your City

External Content - March 8, 2021

This article was written by and for the C40 Knowledge Hub, which delivers cutting-edge insights and practical resources from leading climate cities for others working in city government. It was originally published here in March 2019....

Walking

From Creating Momentum for Pedestrians to Turning It Into Policy – How Rotterdam Made It Happen

Cornelia Forsthuber - March 8, 2021

It’s a long way from one person having an idea to a city fully implementing it on policy-level – Rotterdam’s story shows that it can be done, and how. We sat down with José...

Mobility

4 Ways to Make a City More Walkable | Jeff Speck | TED

External Content - March 2, 2021

Freedom from cars, freedom from sprawl, freedom to walk your city! City planner Jeff Speck shares his "general theory of walkability" -- four planning principles to transform sprawling cities of six-lane highways and 600-foot...

Cycling

Prioritising Cyclists and Pedestrians for a Safer, Stronger Recovery

External Content - February 17, 2021

This article was written by and for the C40 Knowledge Hub, which delivers cutting-edge insights and practical resources from leading climate cities for others working in city government. It was originally published here in May 2020. We’re featuring...

Walking

22 Years of Putting Pedestrians First – Lessons Learnt From Portland

Cornelia Forsthuber - February 9, 2021

With its first pedestrian plan having been published in 1998 and its recent update spanning over 300+ pages, Portland, Oregon is one of the cities spearheading walkability in the US. We sat down with...

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