Topic – Walking

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  Local elementary school encourages active transportation

  Walk-Bike-Scoot to School Day

  Matt Dietrichson, May 21, 13.

  Briargrove Elementary School in west Houston is encouraging students and parents to make a conscious effort to walk, bike, or scoot to school every Friday.

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  Enrique Peñalosa

  Template for a future city

  International consultant on sustainable urban planning; Former mayor of Bogotá, Colombia, May 01, 13.

  A US template for a third-millennium city

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  Brent Toderian

  Vancouver's urban design

  President of TODERIAN UrbanWORKS; former Chief Planner for Vancouver, Feb 26, 13.

  The most important urban design decision Vancouver ever made

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  Kids who walk or bike to school concentrate better

  Says Dutch study

  Matt Dietrichson, Feb 05, 13.

  A study released in the Netherlands last year shows there is a distinct link between concentration, diet, and exercise.

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  Young Americans not buying as many cars

  Recession or cultural shift?

  Matt Dietrichson, Sep 20, 12.

  New car purchases by those aged 18-34 have dropped 30% in the last five years, and many companies are wondering why.

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  Nearly half of all US adults lacking physical activity

  Making a case for walkability

  Matt Dietrichson, Aug 14, 12.

  While many American adults get ample exercise by simply walking, a new CDC report shows that almost one half do not move around enough to improve their health.

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  Steve Mouzon

  Walk Appeal

  Principal of Mouzon Design; founder of the New Urban Guild in Miami, Jul 27, 12.

  Walk Appeal

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  Tim Pittman

  Can cities make us healthier?

  A member of Gensler’s research team and holds a masters in City Design and Social Science from the London School of Economics, Apr 18, 12.

  Can cities make us healthier?

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  Examining the health impacts of transportation decisions

  New paper released

  Matt Dietrichson, Apr 11, 12.

  A newly released paper questions why health impacts aren't always considered when evaluating transportation projects and policies.

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  Tom Vanderbilt

  The crisis in American walking

  Author of Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do; contributing editor to Artforum, Print, and I.D.; writer for Design Observer, Apr 11, 12.

  How we got off the pedestrian path.

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