How to Start Walking

The Walking Site: Great general information for beginners.

American Heart Association: Information geared toward seniors and those with chronic health conditions.

AARP: Senior-oriented walking information.

NIH: Family-oriented suggestions and guidelines about increasing walking and physical activity.

What’s new in Walking

• RULE 91 | SAVE THOSE BUILDINGS - Historical districts offer more than just walkability. They create more jobs per square foot of development, more small businesses, and more creative jobs. They invite fewer chain businesses, more new businesses, and dramatically more women-owned and minority-owned businesses.
• RULE 45 | CUT THE EXTRA LANES - Street racing and lane jockeying can be seen (and heard) often on Douglas Avenue. In 2014, a street race there left one dead and another charged with manslaughter. When streets have more lanes than they need, it feels more like a highway.
• RULE 19 | PRICE PARKING BASED ON ITS VALUE - A new paid parking plan has been introduced in downtown Wichita. To a certain extent, urban planner Jeff Speck would agree with it. “Price parking based on its value,” Speck argues in Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places. “When parking is too cheap, parking gets too crowded. And when people park too much, a bunch of bad things happen...