Walkonomics
@Walkonomics
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Tweeting about Walkability, Cycling, Urban Design, Sustainability, Pedestrian-friendly Streets, Climate Change and Walkable Cities
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Joined January 2010
2.6 million school kids are being poisoned by dangerous levels of pollution, including every school in London #ClimateEmergency #Walkable #AirQuality
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Making streets more #Walkable boosted walking by 54% & retail spending by 47%, traffic fell by 25% & 80% of people said they felt safer #Retail #Safety #Auckland v @Lakerlikes .
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Each car traveling in London costs society £8,000 in health care costs across the course of its lifetime #Walkable #LDN #AirQuality
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Kids who live in car-dependant neighbourhoods have a higher risk of Asthma #Walkability #Health #Pollution .
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50% of all trips in the City of London are now made on foot, helping to reduce heart disease, but pavements only get 25% of street space #MoreSidewalks #Walkable #LDN .
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Children who live in #Walkable neighbourhoods have a smaller waist measurement and a lower BMI #Walkability #Obesity
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3,500 people's lives were saved by making #Walkable Street design mandatory, over 30 years in Florida, but there is more to do #Walkability #Safety #CompleteStreets .
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Each urban tree gives $402 of benefits & it would only cost $8 per person to maintain and increase them #Walkable #StandUpForTrees #SaveSheffTrees
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62% of young people & 55% of older people prefer #Walkable neighbourhoods & short commutes, even if it means living in an apartment #Walkability #RealEstate #GenY .
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People who live in #Walkable neighbourhoods spend 28% less on transport, but pay 17% more on housing #RealEstate #Walkability.
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Walking twice a week can cut the risk of heart failure by 25% for older women #Walkable #HealthyLiving #Heart.
express.co.uk
TAKING two walks a week slashes the risk of heart failure in older women by a quarter, a study reveals.
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Study of 400,000 people shows living in a #Walkable neighborhood reduces your risk of blood pressure & hypertension #Health .
theguardian.com
Research finds significant link between the walkability of a city and the blood pressure and hypertension risk of the people who live there
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People who live in neighbourhoods with sidewalks are 47% more likely to get enough exercise #MoreSidewalks #Walkable v @Chris4Cuse
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Excited that @UNEP & @Walk21Network are launching a massive program to build 100,000km of Sidewalks around the world! #MoreSidewalks #Walkability #climatechange
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Owning a car could soon be a thing of the past: Young drivers dropped from 48% to 31% in 22 years #Walkable #GenY .
theguardian.com
As cities clamp down on vehicle use, technology is putting a utopian vision in reach, writes Guardian columnist John Harris
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