Strolling Device Converts to Electricity and Thusly Saves the Planet from Environmental Destruction (Discovery News)Mechanical engineers have found that a wearable knee device can turn any flâneur into a self-sustained power house, charging up our cell phone or whatever powered device we may be carrying in our Vuitton bag. So great! And we thought we were only good for drinking absinthe in cafés.
The Mayor of London Wants People Out Cycling and Walking (The City of London)
Ken Livington, the Mayor of London, announced plans to invest 500 million pounds in new expenditures to get folks in London out of their motor vehicles and into the open air. The pedestrian plans call for better signage to help navigate pedestrians from one place to another.
A Guy Who Calls Himself Fellow Human Walks and Eats Sardines (Explorer News)
A guy who calls himself Fellow Human is walking across America wearing a 45-pound backpack and living off sardines.
West Virginia Students Told to Walk More (Marshall Parthenon)
West Virginia is trying to persuade college students to walk to class so they won't be so chubby.
I've signed up for a Google Alert on the topic of walking, and I like to share the best stories from time to time. Most of the news stories, however, involve pedestrians who are injured or harmed in some malicious way while walking, but I don't like to share those types of reports.
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