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ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
The
announcement includes a commitment from the government to cut red tape that can
stifle cycle-friendly road design and to encourage changes to the way roads are
built or altered. Councils will be expected to up their game to deliver
infrastructure that takes cycling into account from the design stage.
Here is the
test; a cyclist commuter race: I gathered a group of agreeable cyclists, all of
them of different styles, ages and speeds. We would all ride five kilometres on
different routes into the (Calgary) downtown core and time the journey. Who
would be fastest?
EcoMobility
World Festival 2013: One neighborhood, one month, no cars.
EcoMobility
refers to travel through integrated, socially inclusive, and environmentally
friendly options, including and combining walking, cycling, wheeling, and using
public transportation….. At the local government level in an ecomobile city,
public infrastructure, traffic systems, and policies are designed to give
priority to non-motorized transport as well as to reduce urban congestion. When
a city focuses on EcoMobility, quality of life is enhanced and happy and
healthy communities are supported.
The Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation
Short Series offers three modules to augment undergraduate courses in basic
civil engineering and/or transportation planning. The lessons, which cover
Planning for Pedestrians and Bicycles, Pedestrian and Bicycle Facility Design,
and Pedestrian and Bicycle Data and Performance, are ideally suited to be
integrated into an existing course, such as the first or introductory course in
transportation engineering.
CHILDREN
Active school trips: associations with
caregiver walking frequency
Transport Policy Volume 29, September
2013, Pages 23–28
Highlights:
·
Data collected from a New
Jersey statewide survey of walking behavior is analyzed.
·
A sub-sample of the data
included information on whether children walked to school.
·
The walking behavior of the
surveyed caregiver influences the likelihood of a child walking.
·
Household employment and
vehicle ownership are also major factors for children walking to school.
·
Some associations are found
with built environment features, especially sidewalks.
Transport Policy Volume 29, September
2013, Pages 243–248
This study (the first to use a
control-group and peer-reviewed process) demonstrates that Eugene's Safe Routes
to School program has increased walking and biking as school transport modes…..
Walking and biking increased most when schools implemented multiple SRTS
interventions. While these results are particular to Eugene, they provide
evidence of the positive impacts of the SRTS program and identify elements of
the Eugene SRTS program that could be replicated."
CHRONIC DISEASE
Physiotherapy Available online 21 August
2013
We recently completed the ParkFit study,
a two-year randomized controlled trial including 586 sedentary Parkinson's
disease (PD) patients, that evaluated a multifaceted intervention (ParkFit
program) to promote physical activity. The results showed that the ParkFit
program enables PD patients to become physically more active, suggesting that
this intervention should now be further implemented into clinical practice.
OLDER ADULTS
Lifestyle has a dramatic impact on the
aging process. Regular exercise in later years can mean a healthier, more
independent and satisfying life. Adding a social aspect to your active living
plan brings even more to successful aging!
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
The ncdlinks.org platform connects over
2,000 individuals who are working on urgent issues caused by non-communicable
diseases. The networks currently cover the topics of physical activity, nutrition, tobacco and alcohol. All the networks
are free to join, but with a strict eligibility criteria.
URBAN DESIGN
Complete Streets—roads that are designed
and operated to enable safe access for all users—offer many benefits, including
improved safety, mobility, accessibility, public health, and quality of life.
However, much of the work surrounding Complete Streets to date has focused on
creating policies and guidelines rather than investigating the processes and
action steps needed to successfully implement projects.
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WOMEN
European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Available online 22 August 2013
doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2013.07.097
The author argues that:
·
The evidence cannot be refuted
that PA positively impacts on BC survival while enhancing QOL unlike other
cancer treatments.
·
There is no evidence that PA
harms BC survivors and overall health benefits of PA are emphatically proven.
·
Based on the above, the BC
community needs to work on clear, pragmatic guidelines to maintain and enhance
PA behaviour in women diagnosed with BC.
·
These guidelines can be refined
and enhanced when the results from RCTs are available in the future.
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