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Walk21 - XX Conference (en)

The City of Rotterdam and Walk21 are delighted to invite you to join us in Rotterdam for the 20th International Conference on Walking and Liveable Communities in 2019.

Hundreds of politicians, urban planners, civic leaders and academics are expected to join so this is your opportunity to share your experience and to be part of the discussion at Walk21 Rotterdam from the 7th October to 11th of October 2019.

Rotterdam reinvented itself. It is an a-typical European city with modern architecture, high rise buildings in the city centre and a traditional focus on car mobility. Cycling is part of the Dutch DNA, but the city hasn’t paid enough attention to pedestrians the past decades. Luckily things are changing. Rotterdam invested in public space improvements and sustainable mobility the last decade. The city centre is transformed into a City Lounge, which encourages people to meet, stay and enjoy a network of public spaces across the centre, reallocating road and parking space, slowing traffic speed and giving priority to people on foot at an impressive scale. It has seen a measured improvement in dwell time of 10% over the last two years, footfall spend and community wellbeing. The challenge is to extend the inner cities success throughout the whole city to make Rotterdam Happy and Healthy for Everyone.   

Being part of wider metropolitan network with short distances Rotterdam and other Dutch cities will be showcased at the event. Rotterdam will cooperate with among others the national government and local institutions to make sure Walk21 is an accelerator for the Dutch national agenda on walkability.