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    How to fight obesity and climate change at the same time

    In Louisville, Ky., projects that might normally pitched as good for the planet are being funded because they're good for people, too. Money from private and public investors is going towards building bike lanes, funding community gardens, and increasingly walkability in low income neighborhoods. The motivation behind the investments is not to reduce carbon emissions, […]

    Sarah Laskow Buildings

  • The new New Urbanism: Fast, nimble, flexible, and tactical

    Creating the new New Urbanism, on the street in Madison, with plenty of beer.Photo: Aurash KhawarzadLast week, the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) held its 19th annual meeting in Madison, Wisc. You may not have heard of the CNU, but you have almost certainly seen its influence in American development. The movement — which […]

    Sarah Goodyear Buildings

  • Websites help you choose a walkable, low-commute home

    Looking for an apartment involves a lot of guesswork — if you believe Craigslist, absolutely everything is "steps from shopping and transportation!" If you want to figure out how to maximize walkability and minimize commute, you have to actually schlep over there. Or, now, you could just hit the web. PadMapper integrates rental listings, Google maps, […]

    Jess Zimmerman Culture

  • Ruff part of town: Ask Umbra on dog-friendly cities

    Send your question to Umbra! Q. Dear Umbra, I liked the article on pedestrian-friendly cities, but what I really want to know about is dog-friendly cities.  There has to be a green message in there … or maybe just a peace and well-being message. I hate my city (Wichita) for being so pet-unfriendly. Where should […]

    Ask Umbra® Culture

  • 11 U.S. cities honored as ‘walk-friendly’: Seattle ranks first

    Seattle got the “platinum” ranking for its efforts to make the city more walkable.Photo: chrissudermanCross-posted from the Natural Resources Defense Council. After evaluating applicant communities in several categories related to walking — including safety, mobility, access, and comfort — the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC) last week announced the selection of 11 Walk Friendly […]

    Kaid Benfield Buildings

  • Bob Herbert’s savvy advocacy for better infrastructure will be missed

    Bob Herbert.Photo: Damon Winter/The New York TimesCross-posted from New Deal 2.0. Dear Mr. Herbert, I was sad to hear that you will no longer be writing for the op-ed page of the New York Times. Your critical perspective on the class war being waged against the middle and working class and the poor, on the waste […]

    Jon Rynn Economics

  • The world’s top 10 walking cities [SLIDESHOW]

    Photo: Miss KA great city is a great walking city. So which is the greatest of them all? Travel book publisher Lonely Planet just surveyed its readers and asked them to pick the best walking cities in the world from a list of 186. Take a stroll through the top 10, counting down to the […]

    Grist staff Buildings

  • Are the British building the perfect town?

    The U.K.’s greenest, cutest town. Image: Red Tree (2004) LLPCharles, the prince of Wales, is building the U.K.’s greenest town. We know what you’re thinking, because we’ve seen Hot Fuzz too: It’s important to be suspicious of British villages that look too good to be true. But Sherford, a planned eco-town that was just approved […]

    Jess Zimmerman Buildings

  • Walk Score gets some new street smarts

    The online tool for gauging a neighborhood's walkability previews an enhanced version that factors in the obstacles you might encounter while on foot.

    Sarah Goodyear Uncategorized