Walking is a common way of getting around in most African cities
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The number of deaths on Australian roads has been increasing steadily year after year. It’s unacceptable not to act on the evidence of what works to boost road safety.
There are ways to incorporate strength-training components into walking to improve your muscle strength and balance.
Office workers are sedentary for hours at a time. Our research looked at what they should do to stay healthy.
The pavements in cities were just not a pleasant setting for a stroll.
Support for road-user charging strengthens when people are assured that revenue goes into reducing traffic congestion, maintaining transport infrastructure, improving public transport.
Balancing well is a whole-body experience that develops over time and takes practice to master.
Humans can spontaneously fall into rhythms with precision, and across a wide range of tempos. This may be because the same neurological processes that anticipate rhythm are involved with movement.
Early in the pandemic, when there was much less traffic on the roads, people took to their bikes. But since then, fewer people are cycling, with rates now lower than in 2011.
Revisions to the CDC’s developmental milestone checklists removed crawling as a skill that babies pick up at a typical age. A biomedical engineer describes how more research may clarify its role.
Cars are getting bigger on US roads, and that’s increasing pedestrian and cyclist deaths. A transport scholar identifies community-level strategies for making streets safer.
The city of Accra has no plan to tackle pedestrians’ behaviour.
LTNs were introduced to UK cities to create a more pleasant environment for pedestrians and cyclists - but they’ve become controversial.
Some councils have installed zebra crossings at selected T-intersections, where they do improve safety. The problem is they also add to the existing confusion at other intersections.
Some babies bottom-shuffle along. Others commando crawl on their tummy. Some babies move hands first with their bent knees following along like they are playing game of leapfrog.
Children do not always need to be independent or unsupervised to gain in autonomy and a sense of control. Just being able to walk around expands their world.
A big reason the idea is gaining momentum globally is that the benefits for the health of individuals, communities and the environment are clear and almost immediate.
Factors such as having supportive family and friends, safer communities, positive school environments and adequate resources, are often associated with more physical activity.
Short, frequent walks throughout the day are key to helping prevent the harmful effects of a sedentary lifestyle.
Almost all theories of human bipedalism explain it as a terrestrial adaptation. A new study does not support that view.
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Adjunct Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, University of Sydney
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Neil G Sipe is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Professor of Planning, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland
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Reader in Exercise and Health Physiology, University of Hertfordshire
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Distinguished Professor and Director, Urban Futures Enabling Capability Platform, and Director, Healthy Liveable Cities Group, RMIT University
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Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology
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Lecturer, Clinical Exercise Physiology, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University
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Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Arizona
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Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, Curtin University
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John Rennie Short is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of Transport, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Nursing, Purdue University
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Director, Social & Global Studies Centre, RMIT University
