News Roundup
Apr 15 2009
New Orleanians can lace them up and head out. Prevention magazine puts the Crescent City in its top 25 “Best Walking Cities in America.” Number 22, to be exact.
According to the healthy lifestyle magazine, the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA), and Sperling’s BestPlaces (a resource for destination facts), Louisiana’s river city was chosen based on 19 criteria — among them population density per square mile, use of mass transit, crime rates, and square miles of local and state parks.
San Francisco tops the list, with its city government providing 12 agencies to walking issues. Boston’s intersections are credited for getting more people to walk. And New York residents log the fewest vehicle miles.
Why did New Orleans make the list? “It’s one of the oldest cities in the United States, walking tours abound through richly historic neighborhoods.”
Source: The Times-Picayune
Filed under: Healthy Communities | Urban Design
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