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Episodes 61 to 70 of Perils for Pedestrians
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Episode 70
© 2002

• Walk Boston takes part in National Walk to Lunch Day.
• Graduate students from Tufts University helped Walk Boston organize the event.
• A bike path and railroad track co-exist in Hallowell, Maine.
• In Burlington, Vermont, the city puts a priority on pedestrians and bicyclists.
• The Burlington Bike Council provides citizen input to the city.
• One downtown Burlington resident seldom needs to use his car.
• In New Hampshire, Pathways for Keene provides private support for a trail system in town.
• Path to Health walking routes in Rhode Island bring an Irish program to the United States.

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Episode 69
© 2002

• The Kids and Transportation education program teaches mobility to children in Portland, Maine.
• The Golden Shoes treasure hunt makes walking fun in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• The Cambridge Walks coalition promotes walking in several ways.
• The Connecticut Bicycle Coalition in Hartford, Connecticut, has issued a report, Deadly By Design.
• A National Heritage Corridor follows the Blackstone River from Worcester, Massachusetts, to Providence, Rhode Island.
• The group Local Motion promotes walking and bicycling in Burlington, Vermont.
• An historic pedestrian bridge has a modern problem where it ends at a busy road in Brunswick, Maine.
• The Ashuelot covered bridge has pedestrian walkways along both sides in New Hampshire.

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Episode 68
© 2002

• The advocate who led the campaign for the Huckleberry Trail in Blacksburg, Virginia.
• A dangerous intersection lies between elderly residents and their Synagogue in San Diego, California.
• Researchers at San Diego State University explore the relationship between walkable neighborhoods and physical activity.
• Problems resulting from head injuries.
• A Hawaii state delegate from Ewa heads an effort to improve pedestrian safety in his district.
• Obstacles confronting pedestrians with disabilities in Anchorage, Alaska.
• A major apartment complex in Alexandria, Virginia, is not easy to reach on foot.

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Episode 67
© 2002

• The New Partners for Smart Growth Conference in San Diego, California.
• Safe Routes to School in California.
• A chat with the Vice Chair of Walk San Diego.
• The late Susie Stephens of the Thunderhead Alliance.

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Episode 66
© 2001

• Idaho Smart Growth and the Treasure Valley.
• Four perspectives on Maryland's Live Near Your Work program:
  • The state;
  • The locality;
  • The employer;
  • The employee.
• The Atlanta Bicycle Campaign works to make Atlanta bicycle-friendly.
• The Milwaukee Art Museum and its distinctive pedestrian bridge.

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Episode 65
© 2001

• The Idaho Urban Research and Design Center in Boise, Idaho
• Difficult intersections of trails with roads in Missoula, Montana
• Envision Utah and growth issues along the Wasatch Front, Salt Lake City, Utah

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Episode 64
© 2001

• The Safe Passages program for school children in Draper, Utah.
• Research on cell phones and driving distractions at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
• Separate trails for pedestrians and bicyclists in congested areas of Denver, Colorado.
• The Neighborhood Pace Car program in Boise, Idaho.

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Episode 63
© 2001

• Climate change and personal transportation choices.
• A pedestrian bridge across a railyard in Missoula, Montana.
• The process it took to get the pedestrian bridge built.
• The Mayor of Houghton, Michigan, on better pedestrian access.
• The Liveable Winter Cities Association.
• Civil engineering and pedestrians.
• A neighborhood association works to make Houghton more liveable and walkable.

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Episode 62
© 2001

• Pedestrian improvements in Jackson, Wyoming.
• The connection between walking and health.
• A conference on physical activity at the Cooper Institute in Dallas, Texas.
• Active Community Environments in Montgomery, Alabama.
• A citizen works to include peds and bikes in Mississippi state transportation planning.
• Peds and bikes at the Central Mississippi Metropolitan Planning Organization.
• The Sierra Club shares its concerns at a typical suburban intersection in Denver, Colorado.
• Preparations for Walk to School Day in Lexington, Kentucky.

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Episode 61
© 2001

• An old bridge in political limbo in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
• Transportation planning in Lexington, Kentucky.
• Walk To School Day in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
• A new program to train school crossing guards in Fayetteville.
• The mayor of Fayetteville on sidewalks and trails.
• The sidewalk ordinance and good construction standards for new sidewalks in Fayetteville.
• Little steps form big obstacles on a pedestrian bridge in Flourissant, Missouri.

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