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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?

2 Jan 27 2012 9:38am
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.

3 Jan 12 2012 10:36am
Drunk? Safer to drive than walk, says economist

A disingenuous and wrongheaded story is aired on NPR.

7 Jan 12 2012 8:09am
Canada tries to connect city planning to public health

A quarter of Canadians are obese, but the answer isn't to spend more money on health care.

5 Nov 28 2011 11:20am
Commuting isn't the only measure of a good community

Michael Mehaffy addresses criticism of Orenco Station, a new urban community in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Oct 19 2011 1:07pm
A new manual helps designers make better streets

During the Institute of Transportation Engineers’ annual meeting, Heather Smith, program director for CNU, hailed the response that a CNU-ITE manual has generated.

Oct 12 2011 1:19pm
Narrow roads often work better than wide ones

At the Institute of Transportation Engineers' annual meeting, a seldom-discussed fact was emphasized: Wider roads require more time for pedestrians to cross, which means longer waits for motorists.

5 Aug 23 2011 4:57pm
Where walking is a lethal activity

For a pedestrian, there's no place deadlier than Florida, a new report from Transportation for America finds.

May 26 2011 6:46am
Seniors are piling onto public transportation

Use of public transit is growing in the US — especially among people 65 and older. Is your community prepared for the generational shift?

May 26 2011 6:06am
'Complete streets' speeds past a milestone

More than 200 states, municipalities, and other entities have adopted "Complete Streets" policies, and the number is roughly doubling every year.

Apr 27 2011 8:30am