These maps will be a great "nudge" to get anyone in the Boston area walking. The Downtown map at http://www.walkboston.org/resources/images/cityroutesAHA.pdf gives precise times indicating how long it takes to get between vital locations. These routes will increase community members' health by making it easier than ever to see how time-efficient and easy walking can be-- I can think of dozens of situations, as a pedestrian, in which these maps will be helpful to me personally. The innovation of having times listed on the map is terrific.
On May 11, 2009, the judges reviewed the entries for the Changemakers “Designing for Better Health” competition and would like to pass on the following feedback (listed below) for your entry. Thank you for applying and for your hard work in the field. We are excited to archive your entry to serve as a leading solution for the worldwide community of innovators who are seeking solutions that help people make better choices regarding their health and the health of others. We wish you continued luck with your innovative, sustainable, and socially impactful initiatives.
All the best, The Changemakers Team
“Great entry! Simple, yet so useful. The possibilitiesfor including this information in many different formats is endless. You could layer competitions, timed orienteering activities, walk rally, etc. Making walking an exciting adventure (rather than exercise) is incredible! However, to make larger scale in other towns and cities would require many improvements in walking path infrastructure. Most maps don’t demonstrate sense of scale, so it would be great if a walker had a sense of how far away everything was!”
“This is a workable business model and it seems like there are lots of possible extensions to this idea that are definitely scalable as well. It sounds like the group already has maps, so it would be better use of the grant money to develop a plan for getting more maps into the right Boston communities.”
- Changemakers “Designing for Better Health” Judges: Doutores da Alegria, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Cornell Food and Brand Lab: Cornell University, Innovations in Health @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Pediatrics: University of California San Francisco.
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These maps will be a great "nudge" to get anyone in the Boston area walking. The Downtown map at http://www.walkboston.org/resources/images/cityroutesAHA.pdf gives precise times indicating how long it takes to get between vital locations. These routes will increase community members' health by making it easier than ever to see how time-efficient and easy walking can be-- I can think of dozens of situations, as a pedestrian, in which these maps will be helpful to me personally. The innovation of having times listed on the map is terrific.
On May 11, 2009, the judges reviewed the entries for the Changemakers “Designing for Better Health” competition and would like to pass on the following feedback (listed below) for your entry. Thank you for applying and for your hard work in the field. We are excited to archive your entry to serve as a leading solution for the worldwide community of innovators who are seeking solutions that help people make better choices regarding their health and the health of others. We wish you continued luck with your innovative, sustainable, and socially impactful initiatives.
All the best, The Changemakers Team
“Great entry! Simple, yet so useful. The possibilitiesfor including this information in many different formats is endless. You could layer competitions, timed orienteering activities, walk rally, etc. Making walking an exciting adventure (rather than exercise) is incredible! However, to make larger scale in other towns and cities would require many improvements in walking path infrastructure. Most maps don’t demonstrate sense of scale, so it would be great if a walker had a sense of how far away everything was!”
“This is a workable business model and it seems like there are lots of possible extensions to this idea that are definitely scalable as well. It sounds like the group already has maps, so it would be better use of the grant money to develop a plan for getting more maps into the right Boston communities.”
- Changemakers “Designing for Better Health” Judges: Doutores da Alegria, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Cornell Food and Brand Lab: Cornell University, Innovations in Health @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Pediatrics: University of California San Francisco.
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