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| What is Walking the City week – and how can you get involved? | What is Walking the City week – and how can you get involved? |
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| As cities around the world mark World Car-Free Day this weekend and next by closing their central streets to cars, at Guardian Cities we’re celebrating by taking a look at the joys (and trials) of urban walking. | As cities around the world mark World Car-Free Day this weekend and next by closing their central streets to cars, at Guardian Cities we’re celebrating by taking a look at the joys (and trials) of urban walking. |
| First up are the joys: the US humourist and writer David Sedaris tells us about his love of walking in cities from Raleigh to Reykjavik, Will Self explains what he learns from perambulations in London, and we’ll hear from Fran Lebowitz in New York, Helen Garner in Melbourne, “natural navigator” Tristan Gooley in Portsmouth and writers on cities as different as Delhi and Newcastle, Cairo and Wellington. | First up are the joys: the US humourist and writer David Sedaris tells us about his love of walking in cities from Raleigh to Reykjavik, Will Self explains what he learns from perambulations in London, and we’ll hear from Fran Lebowitz in New York, Helen Garner in Melbourne, “natural navigator” Tristan Gooley in Portsmouth and writers on cities as different as Delhi and Newcastle, Cairo and Wellington. |
| But we have a long way to go before our cities are perfect places to walk. Laura Laker casts a critical eye on Vision Zero, the global scheme to eliminate all traffic deaths. London has just signed up: will it enjoy the success of New York, or the delays of Los Angeles? The blocking of mayor Sadiq Khan’s flagship plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street does not bode well. | But we have a long way to go before our cities are perfect places to walk. Laura Laker casts a critical eye on Vision Zero, the global scheme to eliminate all traffic deaths. London has just signed up: will it enjoy the success of New York, or the delays of Los Angeles? The blocking of mayor Sadiq Khan’s flagship plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street does not bode well. |
| We’ll also report from the newfound silence in the car-free city of Pontevedra, Spain; discover what prompted Hong Kong to do the exact reverse and reopen a popular pedestrian street to vehicles; and look at the rise, fall and rebirth of Europe’s first pedestrianised street, the Lijnbaan in Rotterdam. | We’ll also report from the newfound silence in the car-free city of Pontevedra, Spain; discover what prompted Hong Kong to do the exact reverse and reopen a popular pedestrian street to vehicles; and look at the rise, fall and rebirth of Europe’s first pedestrianised street, the Lijnbaan in Rotterdam. |
| Back in London, Rachel Aldred at the University of Westminster crunches the numbers to identify the most dangerous London boroughs for people on foot, and our critic Oliver Wainwright explores the City of London’s forgotten “pedways”, asking whether these 1960s raised walkways can make an unlikely comeback. | Back in London, Rachel Aldred at the University of Westminster crunches the numbers to identify the most dangerous London boroughs for people on foot, and our critic Oliver Wainwright explores the City of London’s forgotten “pedways”, asking whether these 1960s raised walkways can make an unlikely comeback. |
| We’ll also look at the unpredictable side of urban walking, by exploring the phenomenon of “desire lines” and examining the art of “following” – where participants pick a stranger to follow, in the hope of seeing a city in a new light. | We’ll also look at the unpredictable side of urban walking, by exploring the phenomenon of “desire lines” and examining the art of “following” – where participants pick a stranger to follow, in the hope of seeing a city in a new light. |
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| We want to hear about your experiences of walking in the city – good and bad. What’s your favourite route, and why? What delights or frustrates you? Is your city accommodating to pedestrians, or hostile? What do you think could be done to get more people pounding the pavement? | We want to hear about your experiences of walking in the city – good and bad. What’s your favourite route, and why? What delights or frustrates you? Is your city accommodating to pedestrians, or hostile? What do you think could be done to get more people pounding the pavement? |
| Please share your reflections with us using the form below, or on social media with the hashtag #GuardianWalking. Even better, show us your favourite walk on Instagram Stories – let us know by tagging @guardiancities. | Please share your reflections with us using the form below, or on social media with the hashtag #GuardianWalking. Even better, show us your favourite walk on Instagram Stories – let us know by tagging @guardiancities. |
| If you’d prefer to speak with a member of the team directly, you’re welcome to email Guardian Cities’ communities editor, Elle Hunt, at elle.hunt@theguardian.com. | If you’d prefer to speak with a member of the team directly, you’re welcome to email Guardian Cities’ communities editor, Elle Hunt, at elle.hunt@theguardian.com. |
| We will publish a series of responses in the coming weeks. If you’re having trouble using the form, click here. Read our terms of service here. | We will publish a series of responses in the coming weeks. If you’re having trouble using the form, click here. Read our terms of service here. |
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