Walkscore ranked over 2,500 neighborhoods in the top 40 U.S. cities and found that New York City is the second Most Walkable overall. San Francisco is #1, prompting Streetsblog to wonder, "Is Eastern Queens really dragging us down that badly? Doesn't pretty much everyone have a car in the Bay Area?" more ›

With 30,000 red yardsticks on hand, New York artist Gene Schmidt is measuring the width and length of Manhattan. Each yardstick is numbered, used once, and later taken to Schmidt's studio and added to a sculpture. The pilgrimage/performance/art project, titled Manhattan Measure, was inspired by an ancient Hebrew text, but also parallels city walking "pioneers" like Mike Epstein. more ›