A newly-released app uses police data to show users where recent crimes have happened - so they can pick safe routes to walk home. WalkSafe pins stabbings, muggings and burglaries on a map to warn ...

In the face of skyrocketing obesity and declining physical activity rates it's often easy to overlook simple solutions to tackle complex health issues. Getting on the right track to healthy living can ...

MIAMI (CBS4) – A group of Miami elementary school students learned an important lesson Wednesday about the benefits of walking to school. In the program called "WalkSafe", the students learn about ...

An app that was designed to help women gauge safe neighborhoods is now shrouded in what appears to be a misinformation campaign accusing it of “human trafficking.” Featured Video The WalkSafe app, ...

Using a smartphone while walking can be dangerous business — you could stroll right into a light pole, off a bridge, into traffic or away from reality. But this particular risky activity doesn't ...

This past May, 77-year-old Diane Clementine and her friend, both residents of Putney Meadows, were walking on the sidewalk near the Putney Food Co-op when a car jumped the curb and hit them. The ...

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Research in social science has shown that mobile phone conversations distract users, presenting a significant impact to pedestrian safety; for example, a mobile phone user deep in conversation while ...

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The ...

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The ...

Continuing on Bdaily’s feature week investigating entrepreneurship, I hear from Emma Kay, the founder of Walksafe. Walksafe is a platform designed to make walking at night safer for marginalised ...