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In conjunction with this year’s Jane’s Walk, Urbanspace Gallery<\/a> at 401 Richmond is displaying a “Walkability Slide Show” — a photoessay about the elements in our streetscape that make walking unnecessarily difficult. It’s also available online on the Jane’s Walk website<\/a>. (Sentence revised in light of correction<\/em>).<\/p>\n

The slideshow is based on the walkability studies<\/a> in low-income tower neighbourhoods around the city. Each slide has a description of the walkability problem, a photograph of the problem in action, and a quote from a local resident about its impact. It serves as a great primer on the key issues of walkability.<\/p>\n

The slideshow illustrates an issue that I have been talking about for some time in Spacing<\/em>, and that I talked about in my own Jane’s Walk this year — how small details of our urban environment can make a big difference in how much people walk.<\/p>\n

A great way to explore walkability is to go on walks oneself, and sometimes it’s nice to have one laid out for you. Finding a walk to follow just became easier thanks to a great city initiative, the City of Toronto\u2019s Self-Guided Walking Tours Database<\/a>. All walks include a PDF map, and several also include an MP3 file you can listen to along the way. Walking in groups with a live guide is enjoyable too, of course, and the page has links to live guided tours as well.<\/p>\n

Image by Jane Farrow<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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