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Partnership for Active Travel and Health (PATH) is a coalition calling on governments and cities to make a real commitment to walking and cycling as a key solution to the climate, health and equity challenges we face.

๐Ÿ“… ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ: the 4th Annual PATH Symposium is taking place online on Monday, 28 September 2026! This year's edition brings together inspiring voices from around the world promoting walking and cycling for healthy, sustainable communities. Register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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PATH is at #WUF13 in Azerbaijan! Here are the sessions we're participating in today: ๐Ÿ”น โ€œ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€โ€ tinyurl.com/3battdw3 ๐Ÿ”น"๐—˜๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ & ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ-๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€" tinyurl.com/ye45mf6m

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PATH will be represented once again at the #ITFSummit where Bronwen Thornton (CEO, Walk21 Foundation) and Laurianne Krid (CEO, ECF) will be sharing their insights on walking and cycling respectively. More details: ๐Ÿ”—https://tinyurl.com/4xv62ts6 ๐Ÿ”—https://tinyurl.com/4uzzx2f9 Stay tuned for updates!

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๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—™๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฌ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ PATHโ€™s new report on Measuring Active Travel Success aims to help communities, governments and investors to translate more of national active travel ambitions into funded, delivered and valued action. ๐Ÿ”—https://tinyurl.com/2phnev8u

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๐ŸŒ ๐—ช๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜‚! This week, PATH joins partners and global leaders at UNFCCC Climate Week 3 (21โ€“25 April, South Korea) - a key moment to accelerate implementation and investment aligned with the Global Climate Action Agenda. ๐Ÿ“บCatch the live sessions: tinyurl.com/mr3342xu

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PATHโ€™s latest guide aims to help communities, governments and investors translate more of their walking and cycling ambitions into ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€. Download the report here: pathforwalkingcycling.com/report/

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๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐Ÿ›ฃ๏ธ๐Ÿšดโ€โ™‚๏ธ โžก๏ธ PATHโ€™s report covers the latest NDCs, mentioning notable examples and policy gaps that have yet to be fulfilled. Read it now: pathforwalkingcycling.com/wp-content/u...

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Over 1/3 of the world has committed to walking and cycling as part of its nationally determined contributions. One country that stands out is Colombia, which is one of three that have cycling indicators. Colombia also specifically set a target of increasing active travel modal share by 5.5%. ๐Ÿ“ˆ

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๐ŸŒ Which countries are committing to walking and cycling?๐Ÿšถโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšดโ€โ™‚๏ธ 50% of newly submitted NDCs now include walking and cyclingโ€“ a 12% increase from 2023. PATH's latest report analyses the strength of these plans, from objectives, governance, to evaluation mechanisms. ๐Ÿ”Ž Read it now: tinyurl.com/uenac6z6

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Our open letter urging national governments to include walking and cycling in NDCs has ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฐ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ to date, representing ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿณ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ from six continents! ๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ and be part of this collective call: pathforwalkingcycling.com/cop30/

๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ non-profit organisations from 40 countries have already signed our open letter ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ to include walking and cycling in their NDCs ahead of #COP30. โœŠ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ โ€” join this collective call and sign our letter now: pathforwalkingcycling.com/cop30/

๐Ÿ“ข PATH urges all national governments to submit ambitious NDCs without ahead of #COP30. Now is the time to scale up ambition andย embed walking ๐Ÿšถโ€โ™€๏ธ and cycling ๐Ÿšด in climate strategiesย to reduce pollution, benefit public health and create inclusive, equitable societies. #ClimateAction

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โœŠ Join the 50+ non-profit organisations that have already signed our open letter calling on all national governments to integrate walking and cycling into their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) ahead of #COP30. ๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„: pathforwalkingcycling.com/cop30/

๐ŸŒ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ #๐—–๐—ข๐—ฃ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐Ÿšถโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšดโ€โ™‚ pathforwalkingcycling.com/cop30/

๐ŸŒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—š๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ #๐—–๐—ข๐—ฃ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ Are you a non-profit civil society organisation? Sign our open letter and join our collective call-to-action: pathforwalkingcycling.com/cop30/

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The 2nd half of PATH presenters spotlighted ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† + ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿ’› From engaging the youth to champion #roadsafety, building bridges in underserved communities, to trishaw rides for people of all abilities, these presenters showed that a little imagination can work wonders for #activetravel. โœจ

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The first half of our symposium presenters highlighted the power of collaboration and data ๐Ÿšฒ ๐Ÿค Carly Gilbert-Patrick and Sofia Pires Bento show how collaboration drives active mobility, while ๐Ÿ“Š Juliana DeCastro and Dana Yanocha stress dataโ€™s power with projects like Transporte Ativo & CyclingMax.

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Our group of four panelists all represent various levels of leadership, but based on their stories, it's clear that active mobility can begin on any level as long as there is coordination among all stakeholders. The most important bit? Understanding ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™ž๐™œ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ฎ to create a resilient foundation.

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At the PATH Symposium, keynote speaker Laura Andrea Salazar Correa shared Colombiaโ€™s National Strategy for Active Mobility, which puts people at the center through a gender and differential approach that: โœ… ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† โœ… ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† in male-dominated transport jobs

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