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The Hidden Costs of Trips and Falls

A third of older adults limit or avoid walking in their local streets because of cracked or uneven pavements and nearly half would walk more if pavements were better maintained, Living Streets research has…

Pavement Parking: where have we got to?

As National Living Streets has reported, the government has decided that local authorities will be given powers to control pavement parking in their area. But no nationwide ban on pavement parking will be brought…

Pedestrians in conflict with buses while trying to cross St. Andrew's Street

Invest in walking for a sustainable future

Might walking be the ‘miracle cure’ to keep people healthier into old age? It’s a free, easily accessible and efficient local transport mode. Everybody has to walk, even if it’s just for very local…

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