Encouraging Cycling (06-13-12)
Beenackers and colleagues analyzed the behavior of relocating adults to identify factors in their new environments linked to bicycling.
Beenackers and colleagues analyzed the behavior of relocating adults to identify factors in their new environments linked to bicycling.
What sorts of street designs are linked to higher levels of pedestrian safety?
The United Kingdom’s Economic and Social Research Council investigated the relationship between the design of urban environments and user experience.
Research by Marc Berman, a post-doctoral fellow at Baycrest’s Rotman Research Institute in Toronto and colleagues has linked walking in natural settings and improved memory function in people with major depression.
Research continues on factors that increase walking.
Researchers, lead by Christine Hoehner of Washington University in St. Louis have learned that longer car commutes are linked with poorer health on the part of commuters.
Drs. Tali Hatuka and Eran Toch of Tel Aviv University researched how increasing use of smart phones is changing the experience of public spaces.
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Spending too much time sitting (which is “distinct from lack of physical activity”) is now being formally recognized as dangerous to health.
McMahon reviews his extensive experience in urban planning to link city character and economic vibrancy.
The Daylighting Cooperative has enhanced their website (http://www.daylighting.org/).