Topic: Walkability
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Maps
The Next Major Real Estate Cycle: Walkable Urbanism?
How shifting demand could pull real estate developers (in cities and the suburbs) in a new direction over the next generation.
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Urban Wonk
'Walk Score' Is Great, But it Still Doesn't Capture 'Walk Appeal'
We need other ways of quantifying walkability on our nation’s streets.
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Urban Wonk
Can We Quantify a Good Walk?
The factors that make some strolls much more appealing than others.
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Olympics 2012
3 Lessons Every Olympic City Should Take to Heart
Done right, the Olympics can increase a city's public spaces and public transportation use.
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Urban Wonk
When the Bad Guys Ride Bikes
A spate of injuries and deaths have forced cities to reassess how pedestrians and cyclists interact.
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A Better Vision for Apple's Cupertino Campus
The company is missing a key opportunity to develop a walkable neighborhood.
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In San Francisco, a One-Stop Shop for Building Better Streets
A new website streamlines the process for creating parklets, art installations, bike parking and more.
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What's Making China Fat?
Obesity rates have skyrocketed in China over the last generation, at the same time that its cities have exploded. A group of researchers is now trying to pin down the relationship between the two.
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Charts
How Cities Can Help Fight Obesity
Some ideas for using existing infrastructure to get people outside and eating well.
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Urban Wonk
Do Americans Really Want More Planning?
An APA poll says yes. But what do those numbers really mean?
