The Daily Free Press | April 23, 2008
Recycle, renew, repeat 365 times. WalkBoston participated in Earth Week festivities at Boston University to help students go greener. Read more...
Boston Globe | December 17, 2007
Need a break? Take a hike. Three new guidebooks give readers tours of the city by foot. Read more...
Boston Globe | December 5, 2007
Most walkable city? Step in line, Hub. The Brookings Institution declared Boston the nation's second most walkable city. Read more...
Swampscott Reporter | November 26, 2007
Stanley School students get "crash course" in pedestrian safety. Second-graders got a head start in pedestrian safety skills thanks to MassRides Safe Routes to School and WalkBoston. Read more...
Boston Globe | November 25, 2007
Missing links. Born of the Big Dig, three parks along the Charles have a big flaw. They're not tied together.Where did the $80 million go? Read more...
Boston Globe | October 25, 2007
School to parents: Keep car at home. School officials are creating programs to encourage parents to trade driving for walking. Read more...
Boston Globe | July 20, 2007
Birth of the greenway. A dozen people are happy to claim a part in naming the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Read more...
Christian Science Monitor | June 25, 2007
Top cities for green commuting.
Boston was named best walking city, with 12.5% of its residents walking to work. The national average is 2.5%.
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Boston Globe | June 25, 2007
If exercise is so important for good health, why don't doctors actually prescribe it?
While there is little hard data, some doctors do prescribe exercise to help their patients get moving.
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Boston Globe | June 19, 2007
Boston commuters' feet are first. Boston commuters are the likeliest
in the nation to walk to work... "I actually know more people who walk to work now than I did a few years ago..."
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Boston Globe | June 18, 2007
OpEd piece by Boston City Councilor Michael F.
Flaherty and Wendy Landman
Keeping Boston walkable.
The city has an obligation to make walking safe, convenient, and fun for residents and visitors.
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Brookline TAB | May 31, 2007
A walking tour of Brookline.
Rep. Frank Smizik leads a walking tour through parts of North Brookline as part of series of walks with state legislators. Read more...
Metro | May 23, 2007
Get better health, one step at a time. Network Health encourages Massachusetts residents to get out and walk. Read more...
Boston Globe | April 1, 2007
Grove Hallers, Walk like this.
In Boston's Grove Hall neighborhood, Project Right was worked with WalkBoston on traffic calming measures and developing a walking trail from the Franklin Park Zoo to Dudley Square. Read more...
Somerville Journal | March 26. 2007
City wins the Golden Shoe.
The Shape Up Somerville Task Force was honored for its programs to help city residents eat smart, play hard, and walk regularly.
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Boston Globe Magazine | January 21, 2007
Take this job and shovel it.
Bostonians have a blind spot about shoveling snow from our sidewalks. WalkBoston wants to team up with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to make snow shoveling the norm.
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Watertown TAB | January 18, 2007
Parents take steps to bring back walking.
In Watertown, parents are participating in a Safe Routes to Schools initiative.Read more...
The Phoenix | January 17, 2007
Walk the talk.
Despite Boston's pedestrian-friendly reputation, there's plenty of room for improvement.
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Boston Globe | August 13, 2006
Revival for neglected riverside. Plans advance to expand public access along lower Mystic River waterfront. Read more...
Boston Globe Editorial | May 13,
2006
A walk in the park.
Tours of the Rose Kennedy Greenway highlight the promise and the
uncertainty of the project.
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WCAX-TV | May 13, 2006
Pedestrian advocates plan strategy. WalkBoston executive director Wendy Landman advised pedestrian
advocates in Burlington, Vermont, on ways to make their city
more walkable. Read more...
Boston Globe | December 13, 2005
Developer, advocacy group compromise on sidewalk. The developer of the Intercontinental Hotel and WalkBoston have
agreed on a compromise design for the sidewalk in front of the
complex. Read more...
Boston Herald | December 13, 2005
Environmental honcho gets Greenway sidewalk moving. The state's top environmental regulator rapped Boston and Big Dig
officials for for straying from the agreed-upon vision for the
Rose Kennedy Greenway. Read more...
Boston Globe | November 28, 2005
A walk on the wild side. Pedestrians and drivers are often at odds in Boston's busy South
End. Read more...
Boston Globe Editorial | November 26, 2005
A Greenway obstacle. Now that the public has spent $14.6 billion to reconnect Boston
with its harbor and to improve traffic, citizens have a right to
expect that the green centerpiece of the project will be inviting
to pedestrians. The new public-private Greenway Conservancy has
to be given more clout to ensure that permitting agencies maintain
the Greenway's original vision of walker-friendliness. Read more...
Boston Globe | November 25, 2005
Clash over sidewalk stalls hotel. State environmental officials for the fourth time have delayed
making a decision on the shape of a sidewalk at the new Intercontinental
Boston hotel that has been the source of disagreement between the
developer and a group that wants to make the city more pedestrian-friendly.
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Boston Herald | November 24, 2005
Sidewalk spat could stall Greenway work.
An intractable turf battle over 125 feet of downtown sidewalk is
threatening to delay completion of the Rose Kennedy Greenway's
first major development and poison efforts to build pedestrian-friendly
parks between North Station and Chinatown.
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Boston Globe Editorial | August 29, 2005
Sidewalk snafu. The Rose Kennedy Greenway above the Central Artery tunnel
will never live up to its promise as a promenade and pedestrian
connector between downtown and the harbor if its design does
not invite walkers.
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more...
Boston Herald | August 26, 2005
Dig bigwig promises to build walkways.
Prompted by a WalkBoston rally to call attention to the issue,
Big Dig officials are promising to build $14 million worth of
pedestrian bridges in the Charles River Basin that had been jeopardized
because of rapidly dwindling funds. Read
more...
Boston Globe Editorial | July
21, 2005
Three promised bridges.
Part of the great promise of the Big Dig is to make it possible
for pedestrians and bicyclists to go from the river parks to the
Harborwalk and the new Rose Kennedy Fitzgerald Greenway without
having to brave Boston traffic. Read more...
Boston Herald Editorial | July
15, 2005
Bridging the truth gap.
Three pedestrian bridges were planned in the Charles River Basin
area. This was part of the promise made to the people of this
community, who have put up with the noise, the dirt and the traffic
congestion of the Big Dig. Read more...
Boston Globe | July 13, 2005
Budget woes threaten walkway links.
Advocates are concerned that the dwindling of the Big Dig budget
could kill two of three long-awaited pedestrian bridges over the
Charles River Reservation. Read more...
Boston Herald | July 6, 2005
Burning bridges.
Big Dig officials caught in a worsening budget quagmire are trying
to evade legal commitments to build critical pedestrian bridges,
outraged environmentalists said. Read more...
Boston Globe | May 8, 2005
On
your mark. Get set. Walk!
In one of America's best walking cities, some are signaling a need
for changes around the corner. Read
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