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...blogosphere about the possible expansion of the Brick Lane pilot project. But it turned out that the lamppost-wrapping scheme was just a clever public-relations ploy mounted by 118118, a British directory assistance company, and Living Streets, a well-known charity dedicated to making cities more pedestrian-friendly. In tandem with the publicity stunt, Living Streets conducted an unscientific survey of 1,000 texting Brits and found that 1 in 10 - or, potentially, 6.5 million people nationwide - had suffered injuries while texting and walking...
Intuitively, the perils of texting while walking make sense. But George Branyan, pedestrian coordinator for the District of Columbia Department of Transportation, says that in most pedestrian accidents, neither text messaging nor iPod oblivion are major factors. "I am not seeing it in the crash data," Branyan says...
...only do pedestrian-friendly cities improve quality of life, but they are also the most economically vibrant, Burden added...
Dodging countless tourists, iPod-carrying speed walkers, and the often-inclement Cambridge weather can make Harvard students dread the walk to 10 a.m. section. But even Quadlings have little to complain about, according to a recent study that named Cambridge America’s most pedestrian-friendly city...
...study, conducted by American Podiatric Medical Association and Prevention magazine, found that not only does the average Cambridge household have only 1.1 cars, but the city also boasts the largest percentage of pedestrian commuters in the nation...