Walking

• Transportation Meltdown: Children on the School Bus Till 10 p.m.

  If you have environments where transportation is difficult and costly altogether, it’s also going to be difficult and costly to run a school bus program. It just brings those issues into focus because one government entity is shouldering the cost and it’s a single budget.

  This episode of Upzoned hit home for me. I can’t escape the thought that a community’s traffic/walkability is closely tied to the ability of children to walk to school versus carpooling.

• If We Want a Shift to Walking, We Need To Prioritize Dignity

  Why does walking feel so intuitive when we’re in a city built before cars, yet as soon as we return home, walking feels like an unpleasant chore that immediately drives us into a car? [T]here’s a bigger factor here: We don’t design the pedestrian experience for dignity.

  This article does a good job articulating why, even when “accommodated,” walking can feel like such a hassle.

• I’m whatever type of urbanist that wants a coffee shop within a pleasant walk from my house. Change the zoning, density, whatever needs to be done for that to be possible.

• In reply to https://orangegnome.com/posts/2245/eddington-numbers-app-updated-now-with-sharing

  Here are my numbers right now:

  Ride: 12 Run: 10 Walk: 3 Hike: 3 Workout: 1 Kayaking: 1

  https://eddington.orangegnome.com/athletes/10440821