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IFP is a network of non-profit associations and individuals from all over the world, working for pedestrians and liveable public space.

IFP was founded as an UN-accredited NGO in 1963 and has been promoting the rights of pedestrians ever since.

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🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ 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 ...
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We recently joined the Situated Imaginations & Imaginaries Conference at the University of Cambridge : exploring how everyday, collective imaginations shape the urban futures we want to live in. We also celebrated the launch of SIITE, a new research group on transforming environments. Representing Just Streets, Jolien Vandoorne shared work on prefigurative planning — how small, citizen‑driven interventions like Park(ing) Day, school streets, Pedibus and bike buses help us disrupt the conventional and prototype better futures. Our highlights: 🔹 Pedestrian agency: a beautiful provocation: how can we wander, and how can cities plan for wandering? 🔹 Climate imaginaries: NatureScapes & Imagine Adaptation showed how climate justice needs collective imagination, not just risk analysis. 🔹 Rethinking public rngagement: consultation rooted in community networks, not standardised processes. Participation over tokenism, always. Check out our poster: situatedimaginationconference.cargo.site/posters ...
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🌍 A warm welcome to Cidadeapé!The International Federation of Pedestrians is delighted to welcome Cidadeapé - Associação pela Mobilidade a Pé em São Paulo as the newest member of our global network.Based in São Paulo, Brazil, Cidadeapé is a volunteer-led organisation dedicated to creating cities that are more humane, safe and accessible for everyone, especially people travelling on foot or using wheelchairs.Through advocacy, citizen participation and collaboration with communities and public authorities, Cidadeapé has become an important voice for pedestrian rights and people-centred urban mobility in Brazil.We are excited to strengthen our network in Latin America and look forward to working together to promote safer, more inclusive and more walkable cities around the world.Agora caminhamos juntos. 🚶🌍Find out more about Cidadeapé and their inspiring work:👉 cidadeape.org/#walkability #PedestrianRights #accessibility #brazil #Cidadeape #PeopleCentredCities #walking #IFP ...
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