
STORIES & NEWS
Walking and health: Why designing streets for walkability is beneficial for public health
We believe that walking is much more than its movement and utilitarian purposes; it is a means to socialize with others and feel belonging in your community, equitably access key destinations, contribute to sustainability outcomes, and improve physical and mental health.
New Year, More Walking!
We here at Living Streets are thrilled to have a fresh calendar year of fun walking events and opportunities to explore our communities at your own pace.
Safe Driving for Seniors on the Roads
With age comes new limitations, which can be both physical and cognitive in nature. Physical and cognitive limitations can cause serious problems on the road, while environmental factors also have an impact on one's driving condition.
Living Streets are grateful for having many walkers this year and hopes to engage the community even more in 2023!
What a fantastic year of walking it has been! Living Streets had an eventful and successful 2022, and we are grateful to have engaged with so many walkers and promoted the benefits of walking.
Be part of BEST history and join the #GivingTuesday global movement
Be part of BEST history and join the #GivingTuesday global movement!
Gas prices are skyrocketing!
With gas prices expecting to break records, from BEST, we want to let you know that there are some options that you might try to help you through this.
Walk30 Week 1 Theme: Active Transportation
More and more people are choosing active transportation as an affordable, environmentally sustainable, and healthy way to get to their destinations without a car! So what is active transportation, anyway?
Black History Month: Take a walk through Hogan's Alley
Do you know where BEST office is? From the SkyTrain station, walk up the busy and wide Quebec Street to the Georgia Viaduct at Union Street. Here you will find your first mural part of an ongoing process of reclaiming Black visibility in Strathcona. To experience the powerful stories behind the murals, BEST team went for a walk together. Keep reading for all the details.
Living Streets Manager Isabel Garcia Joins the Global Walkability Correspondents Network
Pedestrian Space is a media and advocacy project that documents and explores walkability as a central aspect of sustainable urbanism. The platform is also dedicated to inspiring and engaging in dialogue about the reduction of car dependence as a critical and global issue. Here’s what Isabel had to share with Pedestrian Space.