What:
The theme for the 2010 conference, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is Engaging Communities to Create Active Living Environments. To seriously address the childhood obesity epidemic, it is crucial to engage communities in defining research questions, identifying promising environmental and policy solutions, and ensuring results are meaningful to the people who are affected. The conference agenda will contain a variety of breakfast roundtable discussions, keynote speakers, plenary and concurrent presentations, as well as panel presentations.
Arequipa - Mercaderes Street Pedestrianization
People-Friendly Design
The first four blocks of Mercaderes, the main shopping street in downtown Arequipa, Peru, were transformed into a pedestrian-only path. The first two blocks were completed in December 2008; the final two were finished four months later. In addition, sidewalks were widened on several downtown streets.
Sultanahmet Square Goes Car-Free
Istanbul takes one more step toward protecting Historic Peninsula
Authorities in Istanbul announced on June 3 that Sultanahmet Square, a historic area in front of the famous Hagia Sophia Museum, will be open to pedestrians only.
Introduction and Overview
From the San Francisco Office of the Mayor:
Sunday Streets is one of San Francisco’s newest and most exciting initiatives. Modeled on a 30-year-old program started in South America, Sunday Streets opens local roads and streets on Sunday mornings for physical activity. In the process, it brings physical activity space to neighborhoods throughout the city, creating a route for tens of thousands of local families, kids, and adults to walk, jog, and bike, and participate in group exercise.
CTS-Mexico Hosts Workshop on Transit-Oriented Development
New "Adivsory Committee" offers expertise to inform Eje Central guidelines
Urban planning and development experts discussed strategies for transit-oriented development (TOD) in Mexico last month during a workshop hosted by the Center for Sustainable Transport Mexico (CTS-Mexico).
Walk this Way: Transit-Oriented Development in Mexico City
CTS-Mexico leads tour of Eje Central corridor
The Center for Sustainable Transport Mexico (CTS-Mexico) led a "walking tour" on February 16 for British and Mexican supporters of a project to promote transit-oriented development (TOD) along the Eje Central corridor in downtown Mexico City.
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The Context
Arequipa, sitting under the shadow of Peru's snow-capped volcano El Misti, has earned the nickname "The White City," for its glistening cream-colored buildings made of volcanic stone. The second largest city in the country - with just over one million inhabitants - is also the commercial and agricultural hub of southern Peru.
