Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Walking

The Regions With the Most Potential to Build New Walkable Development

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 17, 2014 | 3 Comments

To get the economy humming again, America’s metro regions need to build more walkable places, according to a new report from a coalition of real estate developers. The report from LOCUS [PDF], a group of developers and real estate investors who specialize in building walkable projects, examines which regions are seeing the fastest growth in walkable urban […]

Talking Headways Podcast: Les Rues Are Made for Walking

By Tanya Snyder | May 28, 2014 | 1 Comment

Last week, Smart Growth America brought us the bad news: More than 47,000 people died while walking between 2003 and 2012. Most victims are killed on high-speed arterial roads. A disproportionate number are elderly or racial minorities. Paris showed us a powerful solution: The city is lowering its default speed limit to 30 kilometers per […]

Congratulations to the Winners of the Showers & Snow Photo Contest!

By Tanya Snyder | May 16, 2014 | No Comments

Congratulations to Todd Consentino and Chris Chaney, winners of the Ortlieb Showers & Snow photo contest by the Alliance for Biking & Walking and Streetsblog. We received over 100 photos of rainy, snowy biking and walking from dozens of photographers. Ten photos made it to the final round; of those, two were chosen by a (somewhat buggy) popular vote. […]

Deadline Extended! Vote for the Best Rainy/Snowy Picture

By Tanya Snyder | May 13, 2014 | No Comments

UPDATE: Well, this is embarrassing and a little maddening. We have been hacked through our hack-proof captcha coding. So, we’re shutting this sucker down and calling the winners based on voting as of May 10, when the hacking started. We will steer clear of Google polls in the future, and we sincerely apologize to everyone […]

Talking Headways Podcast: A Deep Dive Into Biking and Walking Census Data

By Tanya Snyder | May 12, 2014 | No Comments

We were so excited about the first-ever Census report exclusively on biking and walking that we devoted this entire episode of the Talking Headways podcast to an interview with its author, Brian McKenzie. Bike commuting is up 60 percent since 2000, the Census shows, and people with low incomes are by far the biggest proportion […]

Low-Income Americans Walk and Bike to Work the Most

By Tanya Snyder | May 8, 2014 | 7 Comments

The U.S. Census Bureau just released its first-ever report exclusively on walking and biking [PDF]. Using data from the American Community Survey, the report shows how rates of active transportation vary by age, income, education, race, and the availability of a vehicle. It’s a lot more detail than the usual Census data release on how people get […]

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