{"id":16796,"date":"2025-12-05T14:06:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T12:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/zaragoza-gana-el-premio-ciudad-accesible-2026\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T14:08:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T12:08:21","slug":"zaragoza-gana-el-premio-ciudad-accesible-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/en\/zaragoza-gana-el-premio-ciudad-accesible-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Zaragoza wins 2026 Access City Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Zaragoza<\/strong> (Spain) won the 2026 Access City Award, for its outstanding efforts to making the city accessible for persons with disabilities. The city takes a rights-based approach, grounded in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Its accessibility infrastructure is composed of comprehensive municipal accessibility rules, a clear strategic plan with targets, timelines, and budget, and strong governance through a dedicated Accessibility Office and a formal Accessibility Board.<\/p>\n<p>Zaragoza is also leading on ensuring full participation of persons with disabilities in society, with accessible public transport, public spaces, and digital services. For example, it has a fully accessible tram network, extensive step-free pedestrian routes, inclusive banking and shopping initiatives, and certified accessible websites and apps have significantly contributed to making Zaragoza more accessible and inclusive for persons with disabilities. Housing is a particular strength, with initiatives such as the Flumen project providing inclusive, accessible homes that promote independent living and social inclusion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Valencia<\/strong> (Spain) received the second prize for its city-wide, data-driven approach to accessibility. The city achieved exemplary transport and urban access, reporting 96% urban accessibility and a fully accessible bus and metro network. Persons with disabilities are employed as accessibility validators, and organisations systematically test solutions before launch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zaragoza (Spain) won the 2026 Access City Award, for its outstanding efforts to making the city accessible for persons with disabilities. The city takes a rights-based approach, grounded in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Its accessibility infrastructure is composed of comprehensive municipal accessibility rules, a clear strategic plan with targets, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[302,1046,174],"class_list":["post-16796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-access-city-award","tag-disabled-people","tag-urban-mobility"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-05 12:25:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16798,"href":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16796\/revisions\/16798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}