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Cidadeapé joins the International Federation of Pedestrians
The International Federation of Pedestrians welcomes Cidadeapé, a leading Brazilian organisation working to promote walkability,…
Walking at the heart of housing and urban futures: IFP at WUF13
The International Federation of Pedestrians (IFP), represented by Olena Kuzhym and Alan Raposo in person…
IFP raises concerns to regulators about new signal technology
As part of our mission to promote walkability internationally, we attend the UNECE Global Forum for…
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IFP Members
- Queensland WalksAustralia
- Victoria WalksAustralia
- WalkSydneyAustralia
- walk-space.atAustria
- johanna.beBelgium
- Tous à piedBelgium
- VoetgangersbewegingBelgium
- CidadeapéBrazil
- Corrida AmigaBrazil
- Instituto caminhabilidadeBrazil
- Pedestrians FoundationBulgaria
- Canada WalksCanada
- Piétons QuébecCanada
- Walk TorontoCanada
- Fundaciòn Colombiana de PeatonesColombia
- FundapeatónColombia
- Pěšky městem (Walk the City)Czech Republic
- FodgængerforbundetDenmark
- Peatones de QuitoEcuador
- Helsingin jalankulkijat – Helsinki Pedestrians’ AssociationFinland
- 60 Millions de PiétonsFrance
- Iare PekhitGeorgia
- Fuss eVGermany
- EnosipezonGreece
- Pedestrians Welfare AssociationIndia
- The Right to Walk FoundationIndia
- Koalisi Pejalan KakiIndonesia
- Movimento Diritti dei PedoniItaly
- Associazione per i Diritti dei Pedoni di Roma e del LazioItaly
- Federazione CamminacittàItaly
- Urban Action NetworkKorea
- Liga PeatonalMexico
- MENSenSTRAATNetherlands
- Living Streets AotearoaNew Zealand
- Rzecznik Pieszych w BydgoszczyPoland
- La oss ta fortauene tilbakeNorway
- Associação de Cidadãos Auto-Mobilizados (ACA-M)Portugal
- 5km/hSerbia
- A PieSpain
- Catalunya CaminaSpain
- La ZancadaSpain
- Peatones de SevillaSpain
- The Swedish Pedestrian Association (FOT)Sweden
- Fussverkehr SchweizSwitzerland
- Fussgaengerverein ZurichSwitzerland
- Vision Zero TaiwanTaiwan
- Yaya DerneğiTurkey
- Pishohid – Ukranian Pedestrian AssociationUkraine
- Living StreetsUnited Kingdom
- Walk UnlimitedUnited Kingdom
- America WalksUSA
- PAPECAZambia
- FEPAEurope
🚶♀️🚶♂️ More than 1.3 billion steps for walking across Europe!During this year’s European Mobility Week, people in 972 cities joined the “Walk for your city!” Steps Challenge, collectively covering more than 935,000 kilometres and smashing the original target of one billion steps.As communication partner, the International Federation of Pedestrians was proud to support an initiative that puts walking where it belongs: at the heart of the conversation about sustainable urban mobility.Walking is part of almost every journey we make. We walk to public transport, to school, to work, to shops, to visit friends and simply to enjoy our neighbourhoods. Yet walking is still too often overlooked when cities decide how streets are designed and where mobility investment goes.That is why initiatives like this matter. They help make the enormous scale of everyday walking visible and show how many people are ready to embrace healthier and more sustainable ways of moving around their cities.🏆 Congratulations to Rīga, which topped the challenge with more than 134 million steps, and to Vilnius, Kaunas and Ankara, which will also be recognised during Tomorrow.Mobility in Barcelona.But counting steps is only part of the story.If we want people to walk more, cities need to make walking safe, accessible, comfortable and attractive for everyone. That means better pavements, safer crossings, lower traffic speeds, shade, places to rest, accessible streets and public spaces designed around people rather than vehicles.👏 Congratulations to everyone who took part, and to @Walk15 and @EIT Urban Mobility for bringing so many cities together during European Mobility Week.More people walking is something to celebrate. Creating cities where everyone can walk safely and comfortably is the bigger goal.#Walking #Walkability #EuropeanMobilityWeek #ActiveMobility #SustainableMobility #Pedestrians #HealthyCities #AccessibleCities
🧒🏽🏙️ What happens when we treat children as experts of their own neighbourhoods?Last week at Placemaking Europe Week in Wrocław, IFP’s Olena Kuzhym led the panel “Children as Experts of Their Neighbourhoods: Co-Creating Better Mobility and Places”, as part of this year’s theme: It Takes a Village to Shape a City.For decades, many streets have been designed around cars, adult routines and economic priorities. In doing so, cities have often excluded some of their most perceptive users: children and young people.The session explored different ways of changing this.🔍 Together with Dr Ewa Korcelli-Olejniczak (IGSO PAS), we presented work from the CONIFER15 project on participatory foresight.One of the methods discussed was photovoice. Children walk through their neighbourhood, take photographs and use them to explain which places they enjoy, which make them uncomfortable, and what they would like to change.Their perspective can reveal things that adults and conventional planning processes easily overlook.We were also joined by two inspiring initiatives working directly with children and young people:Kirti Zala, from aProCh – a Protagonist in Every Child, presented Street Smart/Happy Street. For almost two decades, these child-led, car-free street activations have taken place across 14 Indian cities, showing how temporary opportunities for play can help build support for permanent safer-street policies.Rajeev Malagi, from The Place Institute and WRI India, shared experiences from Healthy Cities for Adolescents, which develops public-space interventions shaped by and for teenagers.💡 Some important lessons stayed with us:➡️ Children experience public space differently from adults. Emotions matter: whether somewhere feels safe, welcoming, exciting, “magical” or neglected can fundamentally shape how they experience their neighbourhood.➡️ Participation also brings responsibility. If we ask children for their ideas, raise expectations and then nothing changes, we risk teaching them that taking part makes no difference.➡️ When participation is meaningful, the potential is enormous. Children can recognise their ability to shape their communities, become active citizens and imagine neighbourhoods without many of the assumptions that adults have learnt to accept as inevitable.That is why tokenistic consultation is not enough.Children need opportunities to express what they think, but they also need to see that their ideas can influence real decisions and real streets. That means engaging them creatively and emotionally, involving local authorities and, above all, demonstrating that change can actually happen.🙏 A big thank you to all our fellow panellists and to everyone who joined the conversation in Wrocław.#ChildFriendlyCities #Placemaking #Walkability #ActiveMobility #ParticipatoryPlanning #CONIFER #15MinuteCity #WalkableCities #ChildrenInCities
🚶♀️🚶♂️ Walk for your city this European Mobility Week!The European Mobility Week Steps Challenge 2026 is here, and cities and communities across Europe are invited to take part. Organised by @EITUrbanMobility in collaboration with @Walk15 , the challenge turns everyday walking into a collective effort: participants contribute their daily steps to their city's total through the Walk15 app.This year, the International Federation of Pedestrians (IFP) is joining as a Communication Partner, helping more people discover the challenge and get walking.From 16 to 22 September, every step can count towards your city’s total. Simply join through the Walk15 app, walk as part of your everyday life, and help your city become one of the most active participants in European Mobility Week.🏙️ Walk to work🌳 Walk through your neighbourhood🚶 Walk with friends and family👣 And add your steps to your city’s collective effort!Pre-registration is already open, so you can join the challenge today.👉 Join here:walk15.app/challenge/94789Walking more is good for our health, our communities and our cities — and European Mobility Week is a great opportunity to celebrate walking together.Invite your friends, colleagues, neighbours and local organisations to join too. Let’s see how far our cities can walk!#EuropeanMobilityWeek #Walking #WalkForYourCity #ActiveMobility #SustainableMobility #WalkableCities #Pedestrians #Walk15 #IFPedestrians
