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Access to Public Transportation a Top Criteria for Millennials

by Beth McKechnie | Nov 4, 2014 | Healthy Travel, Uncategorized | 0 comments

For cities and workplaces looking to recruit millennial workers (ages 18 to 34), they need look no further than their public and active transportation network. A survey released by The Rockefeller Foundation and Transportation for America found that more than half of...

Mobilizing Knowledge on AT in Canada

by Beth McKechnie | Oct 28, 2014 | Healthy Travel | 2 comments

This report summarizes effective approaches to Active Transportation across Canada, as well as the challenges. It identifies six action areas – strategy, infrastructure, legislation, information and promotion – and highlights provincial initiatives for each....

Millennials in Motion: Changing Travel Habits of Young Americans

by Beth McKechnie | Oct 28, 2014 | Healthy Travel | 0 comments

Data over the past 10 years is showing a marked decline in the number of young people driving. While the number of kilometres driven each year by Canadians and Americans has declined in general, it’s particularly noticeable in those in their 20s and early 30s....

Associations between active travel, public transit and lower BMI

by Beth McKechnie | Oct 28, 2014 | Healthy Travel | 0 comments

Turns out that if you bike, walk or take transit to work, you’re more likely to have a lower BMI (body mass index) and body fat percentage than those who drive.

Green Action Centre on Electricity Rate Hearings

by Living Green, Living Well | Apr 3, 2013 | Clean Energy & Environment, In the Community, Policy Papers

Manitoba’s energy future is at a crossroads: Do we go down the road of building ever more generation to feed a never ending thirst for electricity, or do we recognize the limits of growth and look for ways to reduce demand while maximizing the benefits of the energy we do consume for all Manitobans?

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