Walking
Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett: We Have to Build This City For People
On the last day of 2007, Mick Cornett, the Republican mayor of Oklahoma City -- ranked as one of the fattest cities in the country -- stood in front of the elephants at the zoo and announced he was going on a diet, and taking the rest of the city with him. Oklahoma City lost a million pounds, 37 of which were his.
January 24, 2013
Today in Foreign Policy: American Interests Demand Walkable Communities
If you’ve had your head stuck inside street design manuals or engineering guides – if you’ve been thinking at the level of the bulb-out or the bollard – I’ve got a present for you.
January 15, 2013
Author Jeff Speck on Walkability and the One Mistake That Can Wreck a City
What makes a city great? According to Jeff Speck, the secret sauce is, quite simply, walking. If your city is a good place to walk -- that is, walking is safe, comfortable, interesting, and useful -- everything else will fall into place.
December 19, 2012
Finally Getting Serious About Measuring How Much People Walk and Bike
As you might expect, given the billions America spends on highways, measuring the activity of motorists is practically an industry unto itself.
December 13, 2012
A “Movement For Movement” Puts Walking Front and Center
Six weeks after my daughter was born, my midwife asked me if I was getting any exercise. I confessed I wasn’t. I hadn’t figured out a new routine that included exercise, my old activities weren’t baby-friendly, I just didn’t have the time, and I wasn’t up for anything high-impact.
December 6, 2012
Surgeon General Announces Call to Action on Walking
Walking can seem like a rather mundane thing to get organized about, until you realize that it’s a direct challenge to car-oriented transportation and it’s the best thing people can do for their health. Then walking is downright revolutionary.
December 5, 2012
How States Are Adapting to MAP-21’s Changes to Bike/Ped Funding
The current transportation law dealt a few hard knocks to bicycling and walking programs. One big one was the restructuring of the Transportation Enhancements program into something called Transportation Alternatives, which has to fund more types of projects with less money.
November 28, 2012
San Diego Chooses Between Two Bicycle Boosters For Mayor
The election is less than a week away. Americans have a choice between a) a president who has overseen notable transportation and land use innovations but failed to provide leadership when the national transportation bill could have been reformed, and b) a former governor who enacted a progressive, pro-smart-growth agenda but who has renounced those positions as a candidate.
October 31, 2012
Infographic: The Many Connections Between Transportation and Health
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation launched their "New Public Health" website last year with the goal of meeting community members where they are to talk about public health. A lot of those conversations happen online, and they explore the connections between public health and policy decisions related to everything from education to transportation. Last week, they published an interview with U.S. DOT Secretary Ray LaHood.
October 29, 2012
MassDOT Secretary: “We Will Build No More Superhighways”
OK, everybody, pack your bags. We're all moving to Massachusetts.
October 10, 2012