Walking

Pedestrians and their environments

The cost of imposing urban order

A stunning exhibition reveals what was destroyed by New York’s rigid street grid—and what’s been gained.

'Health happens in neighborhoods, not doctors' offices'

The New York Times health columnist focuses on how deficient community designs can undermine people's well-being.

Temporary bulb-out

This Better Block temporary arrangement of potted plants in South Dallas helped alert people to the benefits of narrowing the pavement and making the roadways more accommodating to pedestrians.

Source: The Better Block

'Better Block': upgrading streets quickly and cheaply

With borrowed materials, volunteer labor, and little money, a group embarks on temporary but stimulating urban improvements.

The truth about traffic studies

Some think traffic studies underestimate coming congestion. Others say an overly rosy assessment would hurt the consultant who produces it.

The DNA of place and the ROI of movement

Cycling and walking investments return up to $11.80 for every $1 invested — why aren't we jumping at that kind of value for transportation expenditures?

Taking the streets message to Washington

CNU's booklet on sustainable street network principles strikes a chord during the Transportation Research Board annual conference.

Posted by Philip Langdon on 26 Jan 2012

When shops and services are within walking distance, we walk more and drive less

Residents of neighborhoods with a central core of shops and services – a pattern typically found in older, traditional communities – walk nearly three times more often than do residents of whose nearest shops lie along a major arterial road.

Drunk? Safer to drive than walk, says economist

A disingenuous and wrongheaded story is aired on NPR.

NY traffic deaths hit historic low

"Neighborhood slow zones," bike lanes, and pedestrian crossing countdown signals have helped reduce fatalities to the lowest in a century.

Posted by Philip Langdon on 30 Dec 2011