Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Walking

Trick-or-Treat: Is Your Neighborhood Walkable Enough for Halloween?

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 31, 2013 | 7 Comments

There’s nothing worse than buying bags and bags of Halloween candy and then no one comes trick-or-treating at your door. (Hmm, scratch that — there are definitely worse things.) But anyway. You know your neighborhood leaves something to be desired if you don’t have little ghosts and princesses banging on your door tonight. What makes […]

Spend 30 Minutes Watching This Doc and You’ll Spend the Next 30 Walking

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 21, 2013 | 10 Comments

Every Body Walk!, the new campaign spearheaded by Kaiser Permanente and a host of other organizations — including the Office of the Surgeon General — is on fire. Two weeks after hosting its first sold-out conference in Washington, DC, the campaign has put out this excellent documentary on the importance of integrating walking into our […]

Jeff Speck: America Has So Many Problems. Walkability Solves Most of Them.

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 15, 2013 | 6 Comments

In the ineffable way of all TED talkers, urban planner Jeff Speck, author of “The Walkable City,” has made a concise, urgent, and oddly charming argument for walkability. In just under 17 minutes, Speck has articulated the economic, epidemiological, and environmental arguments to end automobile dependency and start using our feet again. It’s worth a […]

Arlington Strikes Walking Gold in a River of Highways and Pentagon Sprawl

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 9, 2013 | 7 Comments

Urbanists have long told tales of the success story of Arlington, Virginia. Named a gold-level walk-friendly community by the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center, this Washington, DC suburb made the smart decision in the 70s to develop along the metrorail line. Because of that, Arlington workers drive alone at a rate 25 percent lower than […]

Survey: Americans Know They Should Walk, But Lack Time and Infrastructure

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 9, 2013 | 9 Comments

Americans are slouches when it comes to walking. According to a recent survey of 1,224 adults commissioned by Kaiser Permanente, a third of Americans reported they do not walk for more than a 10-minute period during the course of a typical week. Of the remaining two-thirds, another 31 percent said they get less than the […]

NAACP: A Walkable Built Environment Is a “Premier Civil Rights Issue”

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 4, 2013 | 15 Comments

The shooting at the Capitol yesterday, which took place as Walking Summit advocates were there lobbying lawmakers, underscores a very important point: Street safety isn’t just about sidewalks and traffic. It’s also about crime. That’s one aspect that walkability advocates often overlook when discussing improvements to make an area “safer” for pedestrians. “For us, the […]

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