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Improving conditions for walking and bicycling

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A best practise report
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This is a best practise report which provides information on some outstanding pedestrian and bicycle projects that have been recognised for increasing walking and cycling improving user safety in communities ac
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Street crossings for pedestrians: theory and practice

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Strategic approach to a walkable edmonton
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A powerpoint presentation of work done by the Seattle Department of Transportation's marked crosswalk improvement program, the pedestrian-
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Context sensitive solutions in designing major urban thoroughfares for walkable communities - factsh

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The publication provides a resource for practitioners working in the challenging practice of urban thoroughfare design.
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Enhancing theoretical fidelity - an e-mail based walking programme demonstration

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An e-mail based walking programme demonstration
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This paper examines the extent to which theoretical fidelity, or precision in rep
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An intervention to promote walking in sedentary women in the community

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The objective of this paper was to evaluate a telephone counselling intervention that was designed to help sedentary women begin and maintain a walking program
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Promoting safe walking and biking to school: The Marin County success story

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The Marin County Success Story
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