{"id":35917,"date":"2026-10-22T15:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T13:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naider.com\/?p=35917"},"modified":"2026-10-28T15:46:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T14:46:01","slug":"congreso-de-ciudades-que-caminan-en-vitoria-gasteiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naider.com\/en\/update\/news\/congreso-de-ciudades-que-caminan-en-vitoria-gasteiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking Cities Congress in Vitoria-Gasteiz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From 22 to 24 October, Vitoria-Gasteiz hosted the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.vitoria-gasteiz.org\/medios\/2026\/10\/22\/el-congreso-de-ciudades-que-caminan-reune-en-vitoria-gasteiz-a-cerca-de-200-participantes-la-mayor-cifra-de-sus-trece-ediciones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">13th Congress of the Walking Cities Network<\/a> (Red de Ciudades que Caminan). The gathering brought together nearly 200 participants, <strong>the largest turnout in its thirteen editions<\/strong>. Under the motto \u201cCamina en Verde \u2013 Berdez Ibili\u201d (Walk Green), local government representatives, urban planners and specialists shared experiences on <strong>universal accessibility<\/strong>, <strong>pedestrian mobility<\/strong>, <strong>population ageing<\/strong> and <strong>adapting public space to climate change<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The opening session featured the urban planner Guillermo Pe\u00f1alosa, a leading advocate of <strong>8-80 cities<\/strong>. The idea is that streets, parks and public spaces should be designed so that an eight-year-old girl and an 80-year-old alike can use them safely and independently.<\/p>\n<p>The first day also included a tribute to Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel Cuerda, mayor of Vitoria-Gasteiz from 1979 to 1999 and a key figure in the <strong>city\u2019s pedestrian transformation<\/strong>. Decisions taken during his time in office <strong>gave the streets back their role as places for meeting and living together<\/strong>, laying the foundations of an urban model that has continued to evolve ever since.<\/p>\n<p>It was a tribute we at Naider felt especially close to: years ago we presented him with the Naider Action and Commitment Award, although, in truth, the honour was Naider\u2019s. His vision of an <strong>open, caring city designed around people<\/strong> continues to inspire our work.<\/p>\n<p><!-- GALLERY (kept on a single line so WordPress adds no breaks) --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:8px;margin:2em 0 0.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/261022-CONGRESO-4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"flex:1 1 140px;max-width:calc(25% - 6px);min-width:140px;display:block;margin:0;padding:0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/naider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/261022-CONGRESO-4.jpg\" alt=\"Participants at the 13th Congress of the Walking Cities Network in Vitoria-Gasteiz\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;height:130px;object-fit:cover;margin:0;max-width:100%;\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/naider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/261022-CONGRESO-CUERDA-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"flex:1 1 140px;max-width:calc(25% - 6px);min-width:140px;display:block;margin:0;padding:0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/naider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/261022-CONGRESO-CUERDA-2.jpg\" alt=\"Tribute to Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel Cuerda on the opening day of the congress\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;height:130px;object-fit:cover;margin:0;max-width:100%;\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/naider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/261022-CONGRESO-CUERDA.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"flex:1 1 140px;max-width:calc(25% - 6px);min-width:140px;display:block;margin:0;padding:0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/naider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/261022-CONGRESO-CUERDA.jpg\" alt=\"Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel Cuerda at the tribute held during the Walking Cities Congress\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;height:130px;object-fit:cover;margin:0;max-width:100%;\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/naider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/261022-CONGRESO-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"flex:1 1 140px;max-width:calc(25% - 6px);min-width:140px;display:block;margin:0;padding:0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/naider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/261022-CONGRESO-3.jpg\" alt=\"A session of the 13th Congress of the Walking Cities Network\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;height:130px;object-fit:cover;margin:0;max-width:100%;\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size:0.8em;opacity:0.7;margin:0 0 2em;\">Photos: Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 22 to 24 October, Vitoria-Gasteiz hosted the 13th Congress of the Walking Cities Network (Red de Ciudades que Caminan). 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Under the motto \u201cCamina en Verde \u2013 Berdez Ibili\u201d (Walk Green), local government representatives, urban planners and specialists shared experiences on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6323,6328,6327],"ppma_author":[198],"class_list":["post-35917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-jose-angel-cuerda","tag-pedestrian-mobility","tag-walking-cities"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":4,"label":"News"}],"post_tag":[{"value":6323,"label":"Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel Cuerda"},{"value":6328,"label":"Pedestrian mobility"},{"value":6327,"label":"Walking cities"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/naider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/261022-CONGRESO-4.jpg",1280,854,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"Naider","author_link":"https:\/\/naider.com\/en\/author\/sirope-naid3r\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":4,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":4,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":465,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":4,"category_count":465,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":6323,"name":"Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel Cuerda","slug":"jose-angel-cuerda","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":6323,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":6328,"name":"Pedestrian mobility","slug":"pedestrian-mobility","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":6328,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":6327,"name":"Walking cities","slug":"walking-cities","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":6327,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"}],"authors":[{"term_id":198,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"naider-en","display_name":"Naider","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","avatar_alt":"","avatar_decorative":"","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naider.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naider.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naider.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naider.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naider.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35917"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/naider.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35923,"href":"https:\/\/naider.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35917\/revisions\/35923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naider.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naider.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naider.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naider.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35917"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naider.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=35917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}