Cities Can Make

Living Healthier & Happier

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Inspirational Keynotes

If you want to promote cycling, don't talk about cycling

Keynote at Velo-city, Gdańsk​
(2025, 50 min)​

Equitable · Sustainable · Playful 8 80 Cities, for Everyone.

Prague, Czech Republic
(June 2024, 90 min)​

Built Enviroment and Public Health - 8 80 Cities, for Everyone

Opening Keynote at Grow Smart Rhode Island Summit. Providence, USA​
(May 2024, 55 min)​

Creando Ciudades 8 80, para Todos. Ciudad de barrios. Sostenible · Equitativa · Divertida

Santiago de Chile, Sur América​
(Junio 2024, 73 min)​

Urban Health - 8 80 Cities, for Everyone

Keynote for International Conference on Urban Health ISUH. Atlanta, USA​​
(November 2023, 26 min)​

Equity in Smaller Cities - Cities for Everyone

Keynote for Puget Sound Regional Council Mayors & Senior staff municipalities ‘Greater Seattle’
USA
(2023, 56 min)​

(Virtual) Living Older, Healthier, Happier

Message to Board of Directors / AGM, opening event.
Southminster, Charlotte, NC, USA.
(2023, 20 min)

Ciudades Verdaderamente Inteligentes

Keynote SMART CITIES Expo.
Líderes Ciudades Inteligentes en América Latina
Santiago del Estero, Argentina
(2023, 44 min)

Trailer for webinar #Cities4Everyone

(2 min)

TED & TEDx Talks

TED · World TEDCity2.0, China

Mobility as Path of Health, Wealth, & Happiness​
Chengdu, China
(14min)

TEDx Carlton, Australia

Creating 8 80 Cities: Moving from Talking to Doing
Melbourne, Australia
(14 min)

TEDx Ceiba, Colombia

Ciudades Vibrantes y Comunidades Saludables para Todos
Universidad de los Andes
Bogotá, Colombia
(22 min. en Español)

Open Streets / Ciclovía

Appetizer: a One Minute Mix various Open Streets / Ciclovia programs

Main plate: a Six Minute Mix of various Open Streets / Civlovía programs

Bogota's Ciclovía: "World's Largest Pop-up Park"

121 kilometers / 75 miles, 1.7 millions participants walk, run, skate, bike; 52 Sundays and 13 holidays
Bogotá, Colombia (9 min)

Open Streets for Health, Planning Tips and Advice

Every city has the ingredients for success; people and streets. To leverage these assets for planning healthy cities, here are the essential tips from implemented Open Streets programs:

Gil Penalosa led the ‘Ciclovia’ in Bogota, Colombia and advises on new initiatives globally. Lucy Barriga, head of Parks and Recreation runs the ‘Via Recreativa’ for the Metropolitan Zone of Guadalajara, Mexico. Janette Sadik-Khan, NYC DOT Commissioner (2007-2013), led ‘Summer Streets’ in New York City.

Gil Penalosa, Dr. Olga Sarmiento • Open Streets / Ciclovias: Meeting as Equals