They’re healthier, more prosperous and safer but how can the benefits of a garden city be experienced by all its residents? “A void south of Swanscombe.” That was this paper’s verdict on Ebbsfleet eight years ago. Things have picked up a little for the Thames estuary town since then. Springhead Park, described as a “modern…
From the moment that Vision Zero began capturing attention in American cities, we’ve heard many admiring references to its success in Europe, particularly in its birthplace of Sweden. I’m fortunate to have the opportunity to research those experiences and their lessons for the growing number of American communities working to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries….
The City of Vienna is proud to host the Walk21 conference from 20 to 23 October 2015. The motto “stepping ahead” promotes activities and innovations towards the future of our resilient cities and healthy living environments. The Walk21 Conference brings together experts from the fields of walking promotion, research, policy, planning and delivery. It is an…
If you’re in the process of talking yourself out of another sweat session, stop right there. It’s likely that the problem lies not with your general hatred of exercise, but rather the particular workout you’ve selected. You wouldn’t head off to a club on a Saturday night if what you really felt like doing was…
Who needs yet another smartphone app, let alone one that plots and records your wanderings? You do — if you want to explore a city without keeping track of every turn, yet later call up the coordinates of that quaint patisserie you passed on that little cobblestone street whose name you can’t recall. Such apps…
Increasing walking, biking and other modes of active school travel can help to reduce childhood obesity and improve the lives of children and adolescents as well as saving money on busing children to school. These are the headline results of research by the US Congress’ Safe Routes to School program. However, their research finds that…
In response to growing urgency to reverse the troubling trends on our streets and sidewalks — someone is killed while walking in America every 2 hours and injured every 8 minutes in traffic crashes, while an alarming number of deaths and illnesses stem from sedentary lifestyles — the Vision Zero Network officially launched today to…
Every Body Walk! partners public television series City Walk and public television broadcaster KCET just received their first EMMY nomination for the celebrated television series airing weekly & nationwide on KCETLink. City Walk is nominated for an EMMY in the category L.A. Local Color for its season 2 episode ‘Inglewood Hollywood Dreamers’. For full streaming…
Anchored by a Congressional health education program, Men’s Health Month is celebrated across the country with screenings, health fairs, media appearances, and other health education and outreach activities. The purpose of Men’s Health Month is to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys….
A friend of mine recently complained that the quality of jeans had lately declined. “They have a tendency to shrink over time,” she said. “They fit tighter and it’s getting difficult to button them up.” Do you have the same problem? Deep inside you realize it’s not the jeans, your shape became curvier. And you…
