Encouraging People to Use the Stairs (10-19-17)
Getting people to move from floor to floor via the stairs instead of an elevator or escalator can
Increase Physical Activity
Failing to Support Walking (09-19-17)
The National Walking and Walkable Communities Report Card has been issued.
It’s Walkable, But Do They Walk? (08-11-17)
Travers and her colleagues investigated the link between walkability and actual walking among a g
Burning Energy, Sitting and Standing
Calories standing = calories sitting
Walking, Cycling, and Light Levels (06-12-17)
How do light levels influence the number of people walking or cycling? Uttley and Fotios answere
More on Moving and Wellbeing (05-19-17)
Panza and his team investigated links between levels of physical activity and wellbeing.
Another Reason to Design to Encourage Stairway Use (04-27-17)
Using the stairs instead of an elevator helps us keep trim and saves energy—and stairway design a
Encouraging Activity and Movement, Via Design
When people move, they burn off calories. Slimming our waistlines isn’t all that moving does for
Neighborhood Design, Physical Activity, and Wellbeing (03-13-17)
Zuniga-Teran and her team have extensively investigated how neighborhood design influences physic
Resident Preferences and Walkability (01-30-17)
Brookfield probed how resident preferences align with neighborhood design elements that have been
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