active transport

Physical activity and use of suburban train stations: an exploratory analysis

Physical inactivity contributes to a growing proportion of illness and premature death in the US. Only about 45% of American people get the recommended national standard for physical activity.

Walking school bus route maps (North Shore)

This page links to route maps for each individual participating school in the North Shore programme.
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Walk in Scotland

Walk in Scotland - Web page
Use this site to help plan your next walking break to Scotland. Walking in Scotland also provides an ideal opportunity to spot the countries wonderful wildlife in their indigenous habitat.
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The path ahead Rotary Centennial Pathways Trust

A vision to build a network of pathways The pathways project is a regional initiative aimed at linking Hawke's Bay cities and coastal townships via recreational walkways and cycleways for individuals, families and tourists.
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Making walking and cycling safer: lessons from the Netherlands and Germany

AJPHfromJacobsen.pdf - - Document - Adobe PDF - Acrobat Reader
This paper examines the public health conseqences of unsafe and inconvenient walking and bicycling conditions in American cities and suggests improvements based on successful policies in the Netherlands and Germany
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Free ranging our children: Reversing the tide of children being driven to school

Free ranging our children - Document - Adobe PDF
The paper outlines: · Parents’ attitudes about safety being the major reason why children are being driven to school (Research Solutions Study in Auckland 2003), · Developing a school travel plan programme for New Zealand, · Integrating sustainable transport with safety, health and other outcomes, · An update on local and international progress with school travel plans.

Active commuting to school: an overlooked source of childrens physical activity

The assessment and promotion of childrens healthful physical activity is important: (i) to combat the international obesity epidemic that extends to childhood; and (ii) to establish an early habit of lifestyle physical activity that can be sustained into adolesce
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Nova Scotia - Health Promotion and Protection

Active Transportation Walking and Wheeling Quarterly - a newsletter about active transportation
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About Us

Living Streets Aotearoa is the New Zealand organisation for people on foot, promoting walking-friendly communities. We are a nationwide organisation with local branches and affiliates throughout New Zealand.

We want more people walking and enjoying public spaces be they young or old, fast or slow, whether walking, sitting, commuting, shopping, between appointments, or out on the streets for exercise, for leisure or for pleasure.

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