Perils For PedestriansLength00:28:00ProducerJohn Z WetmoreCategoryMagazineCommentsEpisode 210 We look at a trail along a pipeline in Olney, Maryland. We drop in on Walk to School Day in Kensington, Maryland. We attend the announcement for a new transit line in Maryland. We join a pedestrian parade to downtown Munich at the Walk21 conference. We join a protest […]

Perils For PedestriansLength00:28:00ProducerJohn Z WetmoreCategoryMagazineCommentsEpisode 209: Venice We talk with a professor about pedestrians in Venice. We find out why families want to live in Venice.

Perils For PedestriansLength00:28:00ProducerJohn Z WetmoreCategoryMagazineCommentsEpisode 208: Europe We visit Munich and learn about the German pedestrian organization. We head to mainland Venice to learn about the Pumas project. We travel up the Grand Canal.

Perils For PedestriansLength00:28:00ProducerJohn Z WetmoreCategoryMagazineCommentsEpisode 207: Munich, Germany We drop in on the Walk21 international pedestrian conference in Munich. We talk with the Mayor of Munich about walking. We learn about a European initiative for 30 kilometer per hour speed limits.

Perils For PedestriansLength00:28:00ProducerJohn Z WetmoreCategoryMagazineCommentsEpisode 206: Geneva, Switzerland We visit the World Health Organization in Geneva to learn about road safety. We visit the International Road Federation in Geneva.

Perils For PedestriansLength00:28:00ProducerJohn Z WetmoreCategoryMagazineCommentsEpisode 205: Geneva, Switzerland We talk in depth with a geographer about pedestrians in Geneva, Switzerland. About this series: We examine issues affecting people who walk by interviewing advocates and government planners about problems such as missing sidewalks and crosswalks, dangerous intersections, speeding traffic, and obstacles to wheelchair users and people […]

Perils For PedestriansLength00:28:00ProducerJohn Z WetmoreCategoryMagazineCommentsEpisode 204 We talk with a state delegate about a new sidewalk in Kensington, Maryland. We talk with Rick Steves about walking in Europe. We look at bicycle access to the University of North Carolina in Charlotte. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood speaks at the National Bike Summit in Washington.

Perils For PedestriansLength00:28:00ProducerJohn Z WetmoreCategoryMagazineCommentsEpisode 203: Charlotte, North Carolina We travel to Charlotte for the American Public Works Association Winter Maintenance Conference. We talk with an architect about walkable communities. A planner discusses the role of the private sector in making walkable places. We learn about accommodations for blind pedestrians in Charlotte.

Perils For PedestriansLength00:28:00ProducerJohn Z WetmoreCategoryMagazineCommentsEpisode 202: Charlotte, North Carolina We travel to Charlotte, where we meet the Director of the Department of Transportation. We talk with the Safe Routes To School state advocacy organizer. We talk with the Bicycle Program Manager for Charlotte.