This new article in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health highlights approaches to increase population levels of physical activity through walking and improved walkability.
This white paper from the
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC) examines potential methods for evaluating the economic benefits from nonmotorized transportation investments and reviews potential methods for analyzing these different economic benefits at the project, neighborhood, and larger community scale
This research review from
Active Living Research highlights findings from studies conducted in several states and cities that have examined walking or biking rates, safety, and economic issues associated with Safe Routes to School. There is consistent evidence that implementation of SRTS programs is associated with more children walking and biking safely to and from school in a cost-effective manner. Moreover, each additional year of SRTS participation leads to more students walking and biking. While evaluations of SRTS are limited and based on selected states and cities, the evidence from multiple large studies supports continued SRTS programs.
This study estimates the accessibility to jobs by walking in the 50 largest (by population) metropolitan areas in the United States. Using "detailed pedestrian networks," the researchers measured the number of jobs reachable in a 10-minute walk for the typical worker in each metro. Then they measured how many jobs were reachable within 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 minutes. The top 5 cities: New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C.
In a paper to be presented at the Canadian Institute of Traffic Engineers annual conference, researchers present evidence that wider lanes increase risk on city streets. Looking at the crash databases, the authors found that collision rates escalate as lane widths exceed about 10.5 feet. Roads with the widest lanes (12 feet or wider) were associated with greater crash rates and higher impact speeds.
This new report from Advocacy Advance examines 38 current bicycle and pedestrian master plans to assess the definition and inclusion of equity as a stated goal or outcome. Equity within the bicycling and walking movement tends to focus on recognizing and reacting to the underrepresentation of youth, women, and people of color in advocacy efforts and local transportation decisions. As active transportation advocates, planners, and engineers move forward on planning efforts, this resource is intended to serve as a reference with examples of approaches they can learn from and build upon.
This resource identifies the specific location of information in key national design manuals for various pedestrian and bicycle design treatments to help practitioners quickly access the right resources and should reduce the amount of time it takes to search through multiple design guides to find the information they need.
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