A walking nightmare

Two-leg safari

Changing mobility patterns, rising chronic diseases

How do we make mobility planning “Healthier”? What does Delhi teach us?

Power shoe

Apart from fitness there is another good reason one should walk: charging mobile phone. Mandar Tulankar, an engineering student in Nagpur, has …

How fish evolved to walk — and in one case, turned into humans

Some fish species pull themselves forward using well developed fore-fins, while others “walk” along the ocean floor.

The way you swing

Is exercise really good for the brain? Here’s what the science says

Physical activity improves cognitive functioning; the effect of moderate physical activity (brisk walking, cycling) is 1.5 times greater than …

Physical inactivity huge burden on economy but only 50% countries have dedicated policy

Rise in non-communicable diseases will cost the global economy $27 billion annually: WHO

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Walk this way

Aniruddha Sengupta witnesses a revolution brewing on a road with a history

Poor traffic management cause for worry

No encouragement for taking vehicles off crowded streets

What's your view of the road?

If we are not able to walk, we cannot really build a vibrant public transport network

‘Pedestrianisation’ of Delhi’s Connaught Place: vehicles to be banned for three months

Besides easing congestion, it is also likely to reduce pollution in the central business district

Transport travails

Walking and good roads a fundamental right: Bombay HC

In most Indian cities, pedestrians outnumber vehicle users. Yet, they remain invisible in policy action

Twist in tale

Human foot is as flexible as that of great apes

Let the journey choose the vehicle

Heather Allen looks at issues related to sustainable development at the International Association of Public Transport, Brussels. Pradip Saha …

Ancient humans may have first walked upright on trees, not land

Researchers look at chimpazees to understand bipedalism; New study contradicts earlier theories

Environment funds lying unused

Only 17 per cent of the funds created by the Supreme Court have been utilised in Delhi over last 15 years

Walking down to work, how safe is it?

What about the rights of pedestrians?

Motorized, stuck

Bridge gap between planning and engineering to shift to sustainable mobility

Countries’ policies for sustainable transport have the right intentions, but are incomplete and selective

Roads are meant for walking

Never too many pedals

Stranded at the station

Needed, integrated transport planning