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Bike to Work Day featured

Why You Should Participate in Bike to Work Day

Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:15 AM

May is Bike Month throughout the U.S. and Canada, and in the D.C. region specifically, tomorrow is Bike to Work Day. It’s a big party day for area cyclists, even those who regularly commute by bike. Last year, more than 12,000 people registered at a number of pit stops throughout the region, where they were treated to [...]

by Elizabeth A. Floyd
Community Design
Jeff Speck featured

Author Jeff Speck and 10 Reasons to Go Car-Lite

Friday, May 10, 2013 12:06 PM

Jeff Speck has gone from being a city planner and architectural designer to one of the world’s most-acclaimed authors on walkability in a relatively short time. The author of Suburban Nation (with Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk) and Walkable City spoke at a recent symposium sponsored by Mobility Lab and the Association of Commuter Transportation. Here are 10 [...]

by Paul Mackie
Environment
Total Health Center featured

Transportation and Health: A Tour of the Future

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 12:02 PM

In the world of “total health,” transportation and food are part of the health system. These industries combined make up a large chunk of the workforce and produce a large chunk of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. (The GHG numbers need to be interpreted with great care because there’s probably overlap between the industries. If you [...]

by Ted Eytan
Health
Dr. Teel featured

“Telehealth:” The Elderly Equivalent to Telework

Tuesday, May 7, 2013 2:12 PM

As our aging relatives live longer and with greater illnesses, we often witness their worlds becoming smaller, with a constant focus on the medical aspects of life. Though more illness requires more attention, we must encourage people as they age to proactively maintain (or re-establish) a proper balance between the medical and non-medical facets of [...]

by Stephanie K. Firestone
Economic Prosperity
Sustainable DC featured

Sustainable DC Hopes to Build the “Most Livable City in the U.S.”

Friday, May 3, 2013 2:02 PM

To call Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray’s Sustainable DC plan ambitious might be an understatement. Piggybacking on predecessor Adrian Fenty’s accomplishments in making the Nation’s Capital one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the U.S., Gray has gone several steps further with Sustainable DC – a 20-year plan to make it the “healthiest, greenest, most [...]

by Paul Goddin
Activity Centers
Rails Walk featured

Walking is the Pill That Could Start a Healthcare Revolution

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 1:12 PM

The next big health care breakthrough – which could cut rates of heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer, and Alzheimer’s by at least 40 percent and save Americans $100 billion a year – comes from a place you’d least expect. On your block. At the park. Everywhere. So what’s this amazing treatment, which also happens to [...]

by Jake Lynch
Health
Walk at Lunch video featured

Are You Ready for Walk at Lunch Day?

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 4:36 PM

Have you formed your teams and mapped where you want to walk? Have you broken in new walking shoes? Are you ready to walk? We are, and this video should get you even more in the mood! Arlington Transportation Partners has been working hard to make our three pit stops for the 2013 National Walk [...]

by Elizabeth A. Floyd
Events

The Cutting Edge on Aging-in-Place

Monday, April 22, 2013 5:05 PM

Join us at Mobility Lab for a discussion with Dr. Allan Teel, who has created a completely new aging paradigm based on the objective of empowering older adults, and using a methodology that he calls virtual assisted living. Since 90 percent of us hope to age-in-place, we must start giving a lot more creative thought to [...]

by Stephanie K. Firestone
Health
Everybody Walk! featured

Let’s Count the Reasons to Walk

Monday, April 22, 2013 1:26 PM

With National Walk at Lunch Day this week, now is the perfect time to take a few seconds out of your busy day to watch this video by Everybody Walk! The Campaign to Get America Walking. And we all know that walking for 30 minutes each day is one of the simplest ways to stay [...]

by Paul Mackie
Health
Capitol Hill Village featured

Let’s Get Entrepreneurial to Help Older Adults Maintain their Mobility

Monday, April 22, 2013 12:18 PM

Many of us with older parents are feeling an increased burden when our loved ones can no longer drive. Jurisdictions tasked with providing older adult transportation are figuring out how to address this demand as well. According to a study by the Maricopa Association of Governments’ Municipal Aging Services Project, public transit demand will nearly triple [...]

by Stephanie K. Firestone

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