Refocusing ‘home ec’ toward climate solutions
Repurposing high school family and consumer science classes to focus on what families can do at home to lessen climate change could provide students with valuable skills “to save their planet one house and one yard at a…
NO TIME TO WASTE
How Harvard Chan School researchers are taking action on climate change and fighting for a healthier, more equitable planet.
Promoting safe biking in cities during COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
Anne Lusk, research scientist in the Department of Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, recently has been speaking and writing about ways that cities can encourage more people to bicycle by creating safe and appealing…
Op-ed: Cycle tracks good for health and safety, environment, local economies
Anne Lusk, research scientist at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, proposes that communities take inspiration from programs that preserve historic main streets and invest in aesthetic cycling infrastructure.
A call for redesigning American streets
In this week’s podcast we’ll explore how America’s streets can be redesigned to benefit bicyclists and pedestrians—and we’ll explain why doing so may even help mitigate the effects of climate change.
Cycle tracks viewed as better for safety, crime reduction, and economic development for bicyclists in Mexico
Cycle tracks — physically separated bicycle-exclusive paths along roads — were associated with improved safety from crashes, lowered crime, and heightened economic development in research conducted in Mexico by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Mexican…
Surveying bicycling preferences in China
Wide cycle tracks that separate bicyclists from other traffic and bike parking facilities with security guards or cameras are among the factors that motivate college students in China to bicycle, according to a study from Harvard T.H. Chan…
Biking preferences in lower-income neighborhoods may vary by race
Blacks and Hispanics living in Roxbury, MA, a low-income Boston neighborhood, prefer riding on safe-from-traffic bicycle routes such as cycle tracks—rather than biking with traffic in roadways—and they want more secure places to park their bicycles to prevent…
A safer biking proposal for troublesome spot in Cambridge, MA
The bicycle-crash-prone streets of Inman Square in Cambridge, MA — near the scene of a highly publicized June 2016 accident that killed a young woman — may become safer for cyclists, vehicles, and pedestrians if the city agrees…
How can we make biking safer and easier?
In this week’s podcast we explore what it will take to encourage more people in the U.S. to hit the road on their bikes.
