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A new global agenda to establish walking as a safe, accessible and enjoyable mode of transport for all.

Reframing how cities move, who they serve, and how they sustain life.

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Yet urban systems continue to overlook it.

Across the world, millions of people rely

on walking every day.

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  • Infrastructure is fragmented

  • Safety is not guaranteed

  • Inequality shapes who can walk, where, and how

Walking is essential… but remains an afterthought.

A new way of understanding walking 

Walking for Transport (W4T) reframes walking as a central, non-negotiable component of urban life by highlighting its strategic role in:
Walking for Transport (W4T) reframes walking as a central, non-negotiable component of urban life by highlighting its strategic role in:

  • Building caring cities

  • Transforming unwalkable cities

  • Strengthening climate adaptation 

  • Improving governance

  • Effective pathways for implementataion

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W4T is not just about movement.
It is about how cities function and for whom.
W4T is not just about movement.
It is about how cities function and for whom.
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This agenda did not emerge
in isolation.

It is the result of years of research, collaboration, capacity building and grounded experimentation.
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Our origin

Since 2019, we have been building a new understanding

of walking in cities through applied research, co-production

and engagement with communities and institutions.

Not as an abstract concept,
but as a lived, complex and systemic reality.

To make walking
a global priority emerges from this work.

It is the consolidation of knowledge, practice, partnerships and evidence generated by the Lab.

“The Lab does not apply an agenda. It builds it.”

Co-creating actionable knowledge

The Walking Cities Lab is a platform where knowledge, capacity building and communities of learning come together to connect lived experience, policy and long-term transformation.
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  • Knowledge co-production

      Working with communities to understand lived experiences
        Grounding knowledge in reality

 

  • Policy engagement & creating communities
    Connecting knowledge with decision-making

        Translating insights into action

 

  • Capacity building

      Training a new generation of researchers and practitioners

      Ensuring long-term impact

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Developed and actioned
in real-world contexts

From Accra to Bogotá, from Maputo to Bangkok,
The WCL’s works across diverse urban realities.

Each context generates new insights.
Each intervention strengthens the global agenda.

Local realities. Global learnings.
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Shifting the narrative and influencing global urban policy

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  • Consolidating an incubator to generate knowledge and action for W4T

  • Creating leadership and skills to make walking a priority 

  • Establishing a growing community of learning and practice  to influence policy

The work of the Lab is contributing to:

W4T becomes a coherent field of inquiry,

And a priority for urban transformation

W4T is becoming a global agenda.
And it continues to evolve through collaboration.

Be part of the movement

Different actors, different roles: one shared transformation.

The future of walking
is not given.
It is being built collectively.

Partners

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