Davenport - 4th Worst Walking City in US

Prevention Magazine doesn't think much of us as a walking community.  Local stories from the  QC Times beg to differ.  Spring is here and it's time to put those feet to work!

Urban Hiking - You can ped-commute too.

WalkScore- Findout how walkable your neighborhood is for common activities.  It's pretty clear that Unwalkable Neighborhoods lead to problems with community health and vitality. 

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What are the Most Walkable Communities?

MSN & the collective amnesia of suburbia.

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Walk to Live

Pedometers serve as motivation to incorporate walking into your daily activities.

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Safe Routes to School

It's pretty clear why we need to be more active.  Kids and adults can both benefit by reintroducing exercise into daily routines.

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Why should you walk more?

Check out these findings from 2007 BenchmarkingReportfromThunderheadAlliance:
  1. A positive relationship exists between the built environment and levels of biking and walking.
  2. Where levels of biking and walking are higher, bicycle and pedestrian safety is greater.
  3. Cities with strong Thunderhead organizations generally have high levels of biking and walking.
  4. Higher levels of biking and walking coincide with lower levels of obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes and higher levels of adults meeting recommended levels of daily physical activity. This suggests that increased biking and walking would contribute to a healthier society.
  5. Data revealed that while some cities and states lead others as models for bicycle and pedestrian policies and provisions, all states and cities have a need for improvement.