International Federation of Pedestrians

people in a crosswalk under text promoting freedom to move the impact of immigration enforcement on walkability

📢 Everyone deserves the right to move freely, safely and with dignity in their communities.

On March 5, join us for #FreedomToMove: The Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Walkability, featuring America Walks board members 🧵⤵️

two people at a crosswalk under text that promotes the extension of the 2026 walking college application deadline to february 23

‼️👟 #WalkingCollege application DEADLINE EXTENDED!

Submit your application by Feb. 23 to join an online cohort of advocates, leaders, and mentors working to create real change in their communities through walkability and accessibility! #ActivePeople ➡️ buff.ly/WLdxMY1

A Tunnel to Transform Los Angeles The ambitious Sepulveda Transit Corridor project — an automated subway line underneath Bel Air — aims to do something rare in LA: Get people out of their cars.

“A year after the $1.1 billion overhaul,” which added a new lane each direction, “the 405’s rush hour drive times were a minute slower than they were before the workers broke ground. Five years later, traffic was worse at all times of day.”

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¿Os acordáis que antes de que llegara esta pandilla de regres a los ayuntamientos españoles había iniciativas tan simples y tan potentes como proponer días sin coche?

Aquí la propuesta de @ifpedestrians.bsky.social

Cities Speak: Clean Cities Urban Mobility Barometer 2026 Residents across nine European capitals - Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, London, Rome, Madrid, Paris, Sofia, and Warsaw - shared opinions on their city’s mobility.

📢 NEW! 📢 Cities Speak: Urban Mobility Barometer

We surveyed residents in 9 European capitals to find out what people want from city transport.

🚌 Expanded public transport, affordable fares & bus lanes were popular measures amongst most.

See the full results 👇
cleancitiescampaign.org/cities-speak

Number of US-style pickup trucks on UK roads up 92% in a decade, data shows Exclusive: Campaigners say ‘menacing vehicles’ are putting children at risk owing to their large front blind zones

‘How is it acceptable to have a vehicle so tall that children cannot be seen?’

@olord.bsky.social and @mumsforlungs.bsky.social and @theguardian.com thank you for raising these important points #Stopkillingcyclists #StreetsForKids

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CIVITAS The CIVITAS Initiative works to make sustainable and smart urban mobility a reality for all in Europe and beyond.

🎙 Feminist Spaces Collective (Polina Medvedeva & Sveta Gorlatova)
Through participatory walks, urban interventions & body/emotional mapping, they make diverse urban experiences visible.

✨ Join us: civitas.eu/events/webin...

🎙 Consuelo Araneda Díaz — City Architect & Independent Researcher
Drawing on walking diaries from women with migrant backgrounds, her work reveals how mobility is experienced differently — and what this means for inclusive city planning.

📅 Following the success of the first session, Webinar 2 takes place on 27 February | 10:00 CET, focusing on gender & migration.

🌍 In the webinar series “More Than Gender: Walking Realities in Our Cities”, organised by Just Streets & the International Federation of Pedestrians, we explore how these realities shape access to public space and daily mobility.

Her story reminds us: walking is never just about movement.
Everyday mobility is shaped by overlapping realities — gender, migration, age, background — yet these lived perspectives often remain invisible in urban planning.

Through walking diaries, Rosa documented how everyday mobility becomes a way of sensing the city — its seasons, textures, rhythms — and one’s own place within it.

❄️ “Despite the winter being harsh, I like how the weather shapes Berlin’s rhythms, how the city is experienced. It’s as if the landscape enables me to be more aware of changes.”
— Rosa, who moved from Bolivia to Berlin

New industry coalition urges Europe to put active travel at the heart of tourism.

Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/new-c...

Tell us about car-free events you have supported or know of to help us:

➡️Inform new signature events
➡️Understand the impact, scale and delivery conditions of car-free events.
➡️Contrast the role of politics

🗓️ Deadline: 5th February
📝Survey forms.office.com/e/BfCBE9AiqM

Let’s reimagine cities where everyone can move freely, safely and with dignity.

👉 REGISTER civitas.eu/events/webinar-series-more-than-gender-walking-realities-in-our-cities
#Walkability #MobilityJustice #InclusiveCities

🗓️ 3 Feb – Gender & youth
Co-creation for safer, people-friendly cities
with Tiisetso Mofokeng & Joke Quintens

🗓️ 27 Jan – Gender & migration
Creative, participatory approaches to urban space
with Consuelo Araneda Díaz & Feminist Spaces Collective

🗓️ 20 Jan – Gender & disability
Removing physical, social & structural barriers
with Catarina Oliveira & Ingrid Thunem

Between 20 Jan and 3 Feb 2026,

Just Streets and the International Federation of Pedestrians are hosting a 3-part webinar series on inclusive, people-centred cities.

Marta’s story is not an exception.
Across cities worldwide, everyday mobility is shaped by overlapping layers of gender, disability, age and background.

Yet urban planning still ignores lived realities.

She recently declined a job offer,
not because of her skills, but because the accessible tram stops she needs are simply not connected.

Her right to the city stopped at the curb.

Marta uses a wheelchair.
The curb is too high.
The gentler ramp is blocked by a delivery van that’s been there since yesterday.
Ten more minutes. One more detour.

YouTube video by Upper Project EU Mario Alves full interview

IFP is in Thessaloniki for the UPPER Project General Assembly, advancing sustainable and people-centred urban mobility.

We highlight walking as essential to first-/last-mile access and higher public transport uptake.

Interview with Mario Alves ⬇️
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Vehicles with large driver-side blind zones are much more likely to strike crossing pedestrians while turning left than those with small blind zones.

Auto design and street-level interventions that prioritize pedestrians can help create safer, calmer roads for all ➡️ buff.ly/e3N1qCv

Joint letter to the Commission to establish an EU Road Safety Agency - POLIS Network European civil society organisations urge the European Commission to create an EU Road Safety Agency to strengthen road safety.

We need an EU Road Safety Agency🦺

Road transport remains the only major mode in Europe without an independent safety authority.

🛑Having an EU Agency dedicated to #RoadSafety is essential to achieve the EU’s #VisionZero goal of zero road deaths by 2050.

Read more➡️ shorturl.at/2EYyT

Accepting US car standards would risk European lives, warn cities and civil society Opening the EU market to vehicles certified under US standards would weaken the protections that save lives in Europe, say more than 80 civil society organisations and the administrations of Amsterdam...

We are calling for a stop to "Mutual Recognition" of these dangerous standards. Trade deals shouldn't come at the cost of lives on our streets.

Read more about the risks here:
etsc.eu/accepting-us...

IFP joins European partners in calling for the creation of a dedicated EU Road Safety Agency - IFP - International Federation of Pedestrians The International Federation of Pedestrians, together with the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) and a coalition of leading civil-society and mobility organisations (Eurocities, European Cyclis...

IFP joins 6 major partners (ETSC, ECF, T&E, Clean Cities, POLIS & Eurocities) urging the European Commission to create an EU Road Safety Agency.

The missing link for fair, consistent protection across Europe. A vital step for pedestrians and Vision Zero.

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‼️ WEBINAR December 10!

👟👩🏾‍🦽🚸 How can we redesign existing streets for safety?

Join Designing Safe Streets: The Latest to hear from Jeremy Chrzan from Toole Design Group on current best practices and evolving trends in street design.

Join us ➡️ buff.ly/vCNtXab

IFP joined the 2026 ITF Anual Consultation with over 60 global bodies and organisations in Paris to emphasise that walking is the backbone of transport resilience.

We called for stronger funding, better data, and clearer governance for pedestrian infrastructure. Resilient transport starts on foot.