Perils for Pedestrians

TV talk about people who walk

Perils for Pedestrians Episode 69

Topics in Episode 69:

  • The Kids and Transportation education program teaches mobility to children in Portland, Maine.

  • The Golden Shoes treasure hunt makes walking fun in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  • The Cambridge Walks coalition promotes walking in several ways.

  • The Connecticut Bicycle Coalition in Hartford, Connecticut, has issued a report, Deadly By Design.

  • A National Heritage Corridor follows the Blackstone River from Worcester, Massachusetts, to Providence, Rhode Island.

  • The group Local Motion promotes walking and bicycling in Burlington, Vermont.

  • An historic pedestrian bridge has a modern problem where it ends at a busy road in Brunswick, Maine.

  • The Ashuelot covered bridge has pedestrian walkways along both sides in New Hampshire.

Gold-painted shoes for the Cambridge treasure hunt.
The Golden Shoes treasure hunt makes walking fun in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, has a Golden Shoe treasure hunt to promote walking. 100 shoes are painted gold, then left where pedestrians can find them all over the city. Anyone who finds a golden shoe can turn in the attached certificate for a free pair of shoes and a chance at the jackpot prize. The treasure hunt makes it fun for whole families to go walking new places around Cambridge.