Taking a page out of the Open Streets movement and the Park(ing) Day celebrations from around the world, Bolivia celebrated its first “National Day of the Pedestrain” this past September.
HopStop's newest program for local businesses offers free 30-day geo-tagged advertisements for local businesses. Photo by lumierefl.
Created to fill the need for a secure space of physical activity, the Faxinal Soturno cycleway in Brazil also helps reduce pedestrian crashes.
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Lack of pedestrian facilities in Indian cities lead to low walkability scores and points to the urgency with which policies must address this neglect. Photo by Satish Krishnamurthy.
Need to make a quick run from the U.S. Capitol to Ben’s Chili Bowl on U Street by bike? HopStop stays you'll burn 165 calories and save 2.97 pounds of carbon emissions. Photo by James D. Schwartz.
A few more cities recently joined the worldwide global health campaign, 1000 Cities 1000 Lives, which we wrote about previously here. The campaign, sponsored by the World Health Organization, was launched with the goal to ...
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ISTANBUL
In Istanbul, waterways ruled strong over the seat of empires. The former Constantinople’s claim to fame came from its geography nestled among the world’s most strategic waterways. Once on ...
The flows of both traffic and history move in sometimes mysterious ways.
