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Competition! Submit a ‘city sunshine’ photo for a chance to feature on our home page!
We're pleased to announce the launch of our brand new monthly photo competition
Each month we'll suggest a different theme for photos to take whilst out walking, and simply ask you to upload them to our facebook fan page, or send [...]
walkit.com can help you through the tube strike!
The London tube strike is going ahead for 48 hours from 19:00 Wednesday according to the BBC.
The strike by tube maintenance workers is expected to hit the Northern, Piccadilly and Jubilee lines – though TfL claims it “plans to run [...]
Pedestrian countdowns at traffic lights – TfL gets its priorities all wrong
As part of a £750k Transport for London trial, US-style pedestrian countdown timers are being added to 8 junctions across London (please excuse my slightly shoddy picture):
TfL's rationale goes like this:
Research has shown that many pedestrians assume the green man [...]
Can someone explain the economics of first class rail travel?
Hello – is there anybody there?
Slightly off-topic (but relates to sustainable travel), and slightly nerdy, but I took the trouble of wandering through first class on a recent 17.30 (i.e. rush hour) train journey from Birmingham to London.
Out of the [...]
Walk and fly
What are you up to this weekend? Do you feel like doing something to stretch your legs, put a glow in your cheeks and make your heart soar?
Dig out your kite!
In nearly every city there’s a great hill you can [...]
London’s bike hire scheme on its way
I had my doubts they'd get them all installed on time for the launch on July 30, but then again, I've rarely seen so many men in hi-viz jackets (Stamford Street, Waterloo):
I hope the scheme's a huge (£140 million) success…but [...]
Introducing mywalkit
We receive a lot of useful feedback from our users, with many suggestions of how we could improve what we do, and extra features and information that you would like to see added. A lot of the time, it's about making the service more personal to you, and with the launch of mywalkit and mywalkit+ we're pretty confident that we've done just that.
MPs set to get walking?
It is recognised that walking has many health benefits, both physically and mentally. As well as reducing the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke, lowering cholesterol and blood pressure and helping to control body fat, walking also enhances mental [...]
Do we own cars, or do they own us?
Good grief.
(If you've seen anything equally risible, please send it in)
Anti-social parking
Walk to Work Week ran from 26th to 30th April and proved to be highly successful, with 10,000 individuals signing up and collectively walking 71,000 miles. I personally enjoyed arriving at work feeling energised and ready to start the day, [...]
Do you have 10 minutes spare to complete our annual survey?
THIS SURVEY IS NOW CLOSED – MANY THANKS TO THE 777 PEOPLE WHO COMPLETED IT
Last year we collected some really helpful insights into what you really think about walkit.com, and we're now conducting the survey again.
If you could find some [...]
A sonic walk along London’s South Bank
The London-based sound artist, Patrick Baxter contacted us the other day.
He's created a piece of ambient music – Blackfriars_Westminster – that can be used 'to soundtrack' the riverside walk along the South Bank in London.
You start listening at Blackfriars Bridge [...]
What do the party manifestos have to say about walking?
We've done an analysis of a number of party political manifestos to see what they have to say about walking.
First off, we haven't had the pleasure of sitting down and reading every page of each one. We've carried out a [...]
