Gamifying Active Transportation

[@Nouvellecosse]

I've always thought of active transportation as being the use of body power to transport one's self to/from the components of life such as work, school, shopping, or other amenities. The difference being that active transportation would be encouraged as an alternative to other costlier or less environmentally friendly options a person might choose for the same trip. In this case, exercise would be a secondary benefit rather than the core goal. From this perspective, walking induced for the sake of video game play would seem like a separate category more similar to other games that include an exercise component such as Dance Dance Revolution or Beat Saber. But it's a great point that an increased number of pedestrians may lead more people to support pedestrian-friendly communities which could benefit people walking for all reasons. Obviously for people to actively transport themselves they need origins and destinations that are located within reasonable proximity to one another which I'd consider a separate, more planning-related issue. But every little bit helps!

[@Crowcity24]

Yeah I know what Pokemon Go is, thanks to the boring fuddy duddies at the HRM bureaucracy for explaining it to me. Good thing we have this waste of tax payer dollars barmy government propaganda video or else I wouldnt know how Pokemon Go works. Sheesh.

[@PLANifax]

Whoops! Looks like you're on the wrong page - the HRM's channel is kzbin.info. We're an entirely separate non-profit organization based in Halifax!