That’s because those features are signs of a walkable neighborhood — and walkable neighborhoods are associated with increased ...

Living in one of the most walkable cities in the U.S. offers a wealth of benefits. It promotes a healthier lifestyle, reduces ...

A new study in the American Journal of Epidemiology used 11,000 twins to show that whenever a neighborhood becomes 1% more walkable — by, for instance, adding sidewalks to make it easier for ...

Clarendon, a dense urban neighborhood of about 1,500 people, offered a favorable comparison. Everything we needed was just a short walk away. To be precise: 3.4 minutes, on average. That’s ...

It might seem obvious that making a neighborhood more friendly to pedestrians encourages people to walk more, improving public health and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from driving.

SPOKANE, Wash. – Adding strong evidence in support of “walkable” neighborhoods, a large national study found that the built environment can indeed increase how much people walk. The study ...

Making Oklahoma City more walkable; that's the goal of the city’s latest MAPS project. The project would put sidewalks across ...

Bishop Ranch isn't the only part of the region with urban ambitions. Livermore’s plans to develop the northeast portion of the city into a new walkable, mixed-use neighborhood are taking shape.