Walkable Cities

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Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Fitness and Exercise, Best Cities for Walking, Walkable Cities, Video, Walking, prevention.com, Prevention Walkable Cities, Healthy Living News

You don't need fancy workout equipment or a pricey gym membership to get in shape. Plain old walking is one of the easiest -- and cheapest! -- forms o...

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Creeps and Weirdos: The Auto Industry Agenda for Keeping You on Four Wheels

Larry_Cohen | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Street Safety, Transportation Policy, Bikes, Safe Routes to Schools, Health, Public Health, Walkability, Cars, Bicycling, Walkable Cities, Public Transit, Auto Industry, Bicyles, Transportation, Green News

The car is still king -- from parking lots to roadways. And car companies intend to keep it that way.

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Let California Show the World How

Jennifer Gennari | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Durban Climate Talks, California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols, Global Warming Solutions Act, Walkable Cities, Urban Centers, Durban Conference, UN Climate Change, Mountain View CA, San Francisco Impact, San Francisco News

Climate talks are moving more slowly than glaciers now. Rather than wait, elected officials and local advocates have taken matters into their own hands. And the newest innovator on the block is the City of Mountain View.

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Walkable Neighborhoods Gaining Popularity -- Even in the Suburbs

Geoffrey Anderson | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Suburbs, Smart Growth America, Jersey City, Washington DC, Walkable Cities, Smart Growth, Suburban Sprawl, Locus, Green News

More and more Americans want to live in these affordable and accessible neighborhoods -- and the proof is in the prices of homes in these areas.

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America’s Most (And Least) Walkable Cities

The Huffington Post | Laura Schocker | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Least Walkable Cities, Healthy Living, Healthy Living Body, Walk Score, New York City Walkability, Slidepollajax, San Francisco Walkability, Walkability, Most Walkable Cities, Walkable Cities, New York City Walking, Walkable, San Francisco Walking, Healthy Living News

Can you walk to your local grocery store, restaurants and other amenities? Or does each trip require a car ride? The answer may have an impact on y...

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Creating the Livable, Walkable Community

John M. Eger | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Livable Communities, Walkable Cities, New Urbanism, Urban Planning, Green News

One of the more interesting and exciting aspects of the "new urbanism" movement is that the next paradigm could well be much more than the return to the close-knit community of small villages and towns.

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Can LA Become A Walkable City?

AP | By DAISY NGUYEN | Posted 08.19.2011

Read More: Walkable La, Walking Audits, Walkable Cities, Dan Burden, Making La Pedestrian Friendly, Los Angeles News

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. -- When Dan Burden started approaching bureaucrats about making streets more pedestrian friendly 16 years ago, he could hardly g...

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Living City Block Denver: A Glimpse of a Greener Future?

Ben Holland | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Efficiency, Lodo, Renewable, Green, Design, Sustainability, Walkable Cities, Buildings, Retrofit, Cities, Denver, Urban, Denver News

Smart growth. Sustainable cities. These terms get tossed around a lot, typically used in reference to new buildings and new communities. But what about existing buildings and our aging cities?

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Hiking in Cities

Michael Koenigs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Suburbs, Boston, Hiking, Walkable Cities, Saint Louis, Walkable Communities, Tourism, New Europe, City Hiking, Travel, Freedom Trail, Style News

Making cities "walkable" again has become an imperative for urban planners seeking to lure populations back from the sprawling suburbs.

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Let's Get Small

Lloyd Alter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Small Cars, Walkable Cities, Small Business, Carbon Emissions, Housing, Green News

I have come to believe that we need another movement, a new Small Movement, where less is truly more. In everything we do, smaller is cheaper, more efficient and has a lower carbon footprint.

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City Mouse, Country Mouse: Who Spends More?

Maura Judkis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Suburbs, Walkable Cities, Green Living, Housing, Saving Money, Green Cities, Urban Planning, Public Transportation, Green News

If you're searching for a house, the tool could be a good way for you to find the ideal combination of affordability and convenience.

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Very Smart Growth

Jared Seeger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Suburbs, Gas Prices, Making Cities Sustainable, Green, Walkable Cities, Green Living, Green Cities, Energy Policy, Smart Growth, Green News

When it comes to choosing places to live, many of us don't seem to listen to our inner monologue.

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Google Maps Now Offers Walking Directions

Treehugger | Kimberley D. Mok | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walking, Walkable Cities, Google Maps Walking Directions, Google Maps, Google Walking Directions, Recession, Green News

Got directions but want to walk the distance instead of driving? Well, we're glad to see that Google Maps has now added a new walking option for di...

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Least Walkable Cities

Treehugger | Kenny Luna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Least Walkable Cities, Walking, Global Warming Solutions, Walkable Cities, Commuting, Transportation, Green News

When Walk Score recently released their ranking of the ten most walkable U.S. cities there was no doubt that folks in places like San Francisco, Bos...

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Top 10 Most Walkable Cities In America

The Daily Green | Brian Clark Howard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walkable Cities, Most Walkable Cities, Green Cities, San Francisco, New York City, Green News

1. San Francisco, CA The city is known for its stable, relatively mild climate and progressive viewpoints, and 90% of San Francisco residents have a ...

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