Urban planning blog Sprawled Out reported this week on a very interesting controversy going on in Saratoga Springs, New York. Cycling or walking to school has been illegal there since 1994, but some parents are challenging the rule: From the Saratogian, via the NRDC blog: SARATOGA SPRINGS — While hundreds of area workers pedaled their [...]
Posts Tagged ‘active transportation’
Bicycle News Roundup, 4/8/09
Want more opinions than mine on the GM-Segway “PUMA” concept? Car news site CarJake offers their two cents’ worth with some surprising insights. Geeks Are Sexy notes that South Park already invented something similar to the PUMA in an episode mocking the Segway. The CommuterPageBlog from Washington, D.C. answers suburban critics along with a plea [...]
Wanna beat cancer? Bike to work.
From a BBC story today: Over 40% of breast and bowel cancer cases in rich countries are preventable through diet, physical activity and weight control alone, experts say. Simple measures like cycling to work and swapping fatty foods for fruit can make all the difference for these and many other cancers, they say. Hm. Just [...]
Report: Obesity inversely related to active transportation
Hey, America, want to lose weight? Try getting out of your car. The Journal of Physical Activity & Health recently released a report studying the relationship between obesity rates in developed countries and the percentage of the population that regularly uses active transportation (i.e. transportation that requires you to do more than sit on your [...]
