Walkability
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Edmonton wants your say on what pedestrian link between Ice District and Arts District should look likeCity planners in Edmonton are in the early stages of designing a stretch of 103 Avenue to make it a more pedestrian-friendly link between what's around Churchill Square and the Ice District.TrafficSep 17, 2019
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Urban designer says Hamilton has ‘tremendous potential to be walkable’Author and city planner Jeff Speck says Hamilton has an inner-city that's "pretty walkable."LifestyleJul 6, 2019
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Some health benefits of walkable neighbourhoods may be offset by higher air pollution: studySome neighbourhoods, while walkable, have a lot of air pollution.HealthJun 25, 2019
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Regina’s Warehouse District suffering from lack of accessibilityThe bridging point between the railyard, and the Warehouse District, Dewdney Avenue is subject to a lot of foot-traffic, but there isn’t a designated cross-walkCanadaJul 17, 2018
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Century Park LRT not easily accessible for Blue Quill residentsIt'll be almost a decade before residents of Blue Quill will see a short cut from the community to the Century Park LRT. Until then, they'll continue to face a 10-minute walk just to get out of the neighbourhood.PoliticsFeb 20, 2018
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Making Edmonton more ‘walkable,’ one app at a timeTwo researchers at the University of Alberta's City-Region Studies Centre hope an app will improve Edmonton's "walkability."FeaturesAug 3, 2017
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Could there be a link between your weight and where you live?"Neighbourhood design, street design, building designs are all actually really important components of helping people achieve the behaviour changes they're trying to make," Dr. Karen Lee said.HealthFeb 27, 2017
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Walk-ability of a neighbourhood directly linked to obesity and diabetes"The risk of a new case of diabetes fell by almost 20 per cent in those really walk-able neighbourhoods. While in the least walk-able neighbourhoods the risk of diabetes stayed steady or even increased," Dr. Jan Hux with Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) explained.CanadaAug 14, 2016
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Study says Toronto leads way for ‘walkability’ in southern OntarioA new study says Toronto leads the way for walkability among southern Ontario communities.HealthMay 25, 2016
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Calgary pedestrian strategy decision delayed until AprilA decision on a pedestrian strategy that includes a recommendation of lowering speed limits on residential streets to 40 km/h has been delayed until April.TrafficJan 20, 2016
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