Links

Research and other links

Research

UK:

• Transport and Health Study Group - an independent society of public health and transport practitioners and researchers
• Transport and Health group at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Project for the UK Department of Transport: Understanding community severance
• University of Westminster transport studies group: Research project measuring accessibility as experienced by different socially disadvantaged groups
• Mapping for Change http://mappingforchange.org.uk/

Worldwide:

• EU Cost action on Pedestrians' Quality Needs
• The Walk21 annual conference (papers available)
• US Transportation Demand Management encyclopaedia: Evaluating non-motorized transportation benefits and costs

Other blogs

• Where the sidewalk starts - US blog on walkability and pedestrian policy

Activism

• Living Streets - UK charity that stands up for pedestrians
• Street Films' documenting livable streets worldwide
• US Project for Public Spaces
• US Surface Transportation Policy partnership

Tools

• Walkit - Get a route map between any two points in British cities. Includes journey time, calorie burn, step count and carbon saving.