Growing up in rural Appalachia, I was taught America stood for its freedom — so long as you weren’t harming another person, you could do whatever you want, and when you own a piece of American land, ...

A new study in the American Journal of Epidemiology used 11,000 twins to show that whenever a neighborhood becomes 1% more walkable — by, for instance, adding sidewalks to make it easier for people to ...

What matters more for heart health: sidewalks and green spaces or how we feel about them? New research suggests perception of walkability plays a crucial role in cardiovascular risk. Sint Servaasbrug, ...

I was walking down by the community hurling and football pitch this morning, listening to the birdsong and taking in the view of nature, when suddenly, out of the blue, a thought struck me: the world ...

A proposed walkable neighborhood on 130 acres of land surrounding the Promenade Saucon Valley lifestyle shopping center came up for review Monday night by the Upper Saucon Township Board of ...

The way cities are designed affects more than just how long your commute is. It can shape how much you move each day—and how healthy you are. In a new study from the University of Washington, and ...

Much of Louisville, dissected by expressways and riddled with parking lots, relies on the automobile. About 81% of Jefferson County workers drive to work, according to 2022 census estimates. Nearly 73 ...

Walking has many benefits, ranging from the physical to the mental. Which is why citizens of this one city in Pennsylvania might be proud to learn their home is one of the most walkable in the United ...

“Walkability” is a buzzword, but like the related term “urbanism,” nobody can agree on what it means. Is a neighborhood walkable simply if it’s easy to walk around? Or is it only walkable if all the ...