Several years ago, I was at a conference for professional city planners. A speaker asked for a raise of hands to the question, “How many of you walked to school as a kid?” Nearly every hand in the room went up. Then they asked, “How many of your children walk to school now?”Only a handful of arms were raised — probably less than one in twenty. Certainly there were some in the … [Read more...]
Why Most Utahns No Longer Walk
We love our cars. We love driving them everywhere. We shuttle our kids around, pamper our cars with the best gasoline and fresh suds from the carwash — the Carnauba hot wax treatment. We drive to work and back, drive the kids to Jiu-Jitsu and dance lessons, drive to get out of the house, drive to the gym, and drive to visit “nature”. Nature has become something “out there”. … [Read more...]