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Gil Penalosa
Sharing & Learning
in over 350 cities

KEYNOTES

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

June 2024, 90 min.
Prague, Czech Republic

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

Junio 2024, 73 min.
Santiago de Chile, Sur América

Built Enviroment and Public Health
8 80 Cities, for Everyone

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

Urban Health
8 80 Cities, for Everyone

November 2023, 26 min. (Image improves al 2:20)
Keynote for International Conference on Urban Health ISUH
Atlanta, USA

Equity in Smaller Cities
Cities for Everyone

(2023, 56 min)
Keynote for Puget Sound Regional Council
Mayors & senior staff municipalities 'Greater Seattle' USA

Ciudades Verdaderamente Inteligentes

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

(Virtual) Living Older, Healthier, Happier

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

Gil Penalosa 'Short Bio'
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 / CICLOVIA

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.

Summer Streets Program in New Your City

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