"Active Transportation"

As a long-time advocate for (and participant in) walking and biking as a real means of getting around, no matter where one lives, I enjoyed reading PEDALING REVOLUTION by Jeff Mapes (here's a NYT review).

I feel quite fortunate that I live in, arguably, the best "active transportation" city/region in North America. I love seeing so many people here use their bodies to get around, run errands, go to and from work and school, and so forth.

Integrated with great public transportation, this is the future, unfolding right now.