Richard, thank you for posting about one of my favourite films. I watched this a long time ago, because I was curious to see MS act. She acted in this film because it was about Meera. What songs! This really was an incredible film to watch. I have bookmarked the link to watch it again. Thank you.
Does anyone know of a reliable source for the purchase of a high quality version of this film (with english subtitles)? It seems to me that someone (in India or elsewhere) might be happy to ensure that this cultural and spiritual treasure will be available for present and future generations to enjoy!
Unfortunately I could not go, but with the help of Matthew Farrand at the Ramblers, I made a video for the occasion. Yukiko translated my words and added subtitles. The video is now publicised on the Japan Footpath Association website, and you can watch it here with Japanese subtitles.
It is because of all these things I must do that I am unable to be with you today to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Japan Footpath Association here in Machida. I am so sorry I cannot be with you.
But we share so much. We love walking and so do you. We love our paths. We love to get out into the countryside and breathe the fresh air, and enjoy nature. We love the chitchat between friends, the social connections. Walking is truly wonderful and that is what we are here to celebrate.
But we cannot take our walking opportunities for granted. You like we have paths which are under threat. In our case the bodies responsible for maintaining paths, the local authorities, are very short of money. More now than ever, paths are threatened with closure and development, and we have to fight for them.
We must press our authorities to put paths top of the list for care and maintenance. Our towns, like your towns, and our ramblers get out there to do work on the ground. We have volunteer working parties who are reopening paths, slashing away the vegetation, and building gates and steps to make the paths more accessible for everybody.
We have great links with you in Japan. Five years ago we signed an agreement in Winchcombe in Gloucestershire, a Walkers Are Welcome Town agreement, friendship between the UK and Japan. And we want to go on celebrating those connections. We want to work with you, jointly to promote walking in our two nations, and I know that you truly want to make Japan a walking nation, and we will support and help you.
The LandsDepartmentfinally published the 3D pedestrian network (3DPN) dataset to thepublic. I have been waiting this for a long time. The whole dataset isavailable in the following link. The data dictionary could be foundafter clicking the Notes button on the left of the DownloadDataset button.
But we can do more instead of just displaying the paths. One thing wecould do is to strip the spatial elements off and analyse the propertiesof the path in terms of 1. path type, 2. length and 3. gradient. I willnot bother showing the paths in 3D Map (Plug the database into your GISsoftware if you want!). Here, I exported the attribute table(PexNetwork_AttrTable.csv) of the network from GIS to conduct somebasic data visualisation analysis, like presenting use cases ofggplot and ggridges.
The level of details of the network already dropped my jaw - it has atotal of 436426 path segments! An extremely large spatial dataset whichcontains only footpaths. About 334,000 paths are ubiquitous footway(i.e. sidewalk or pedestrian walkway). What also surprised me is thatthere are in total 27,470 crossings in the dataset. Although crossingsare usually separated into two parts in the network sense (they areseparated by the traffic islands), the total number of crossings stilllargely exceeds my random guess. Meanwhile, the 2,000 footbridgesconsist of 7,200 segments, and the 400 subways are split into about1,000 segments.
In addition to the distribution, showing some critical values wouldallow those math nerds to grasp the look of the distribution quickly.Therefore, I also computed the median and mean value of each group.
Travelator in MTR stations has the largest mean and median length. Notsurprising when you consider the length of the travelators in HKU MTRStation, specifically those from the concourse to Exit C. Other longtravelators include the one from Three Pacific Place to AdmiraltyStation.
Gradient of normal footpaths on ground level has median around 0.01 to0.02, while the mean is around 0.04 to 0.06. We can see the distributionof gradient is positively skewed. Again, this is not surprising asthe footpaths in the main area of the city are mostly built on flatland.However, there are abundant steep footpaths located in the hillydistricts like Sai Ying Pun and Tsz Wan Shan.
This blog is just a quick review of the properties of the pedestriannetwork. The power and possible usage of the network dataset areunimaginable, especially for accessibility analysis. The best way tounderstand the dataset is to play the juggle the dataset around, lookinginto the shapes and attributes. If you are interested in investigatingpedestrian walking behaviour, this dataset is a gold mine for you toexplore.
Table of Contents Title 10.1. Conservation Subtitle I. Activities Administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation Chapter 2. Parks and Recreation Article 1. State Parks 10.1-203. Establishment, protection and maintenance of Appalachian Trail
A. The Appalachian Trail shall be developed and administered primarily as a footpath, consonant with the provisions of the National Trails Systems Act applicable to the Appalachian Trail as part of the National Scenic Trails System, and its natural scenic beauty shall be preserved insofar as is practicable. The use of motorized vehicles by the general public along the trail is prohibited, and violation of this prohibition shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor. However, the owner of private land over which the trail passes may use or authorize use of motorized vehicles on or across the trail for purposes incident to ownership and management of the land and the Department may authorize use of the trail by motorized emergency vehicles. The Department may permit other uses of the trail and land acquired hereunder, by the owner of adjoining land or others, in a manner and for purposes that will not substantially interfere with the primary use of the trail. Furthermore, the Department may grant temporary or permanent rights-of-way across lands acquired under this section, under terms and conditions deemed advisable. Nothing in this section shall limit the right of the public to pass over existing public roads which are part of the trail, or prevent the Department from performing work necessary for forest fire prevention and control, insect, pest and disease control, and the removal of damage caused by natural disaster. The Department may enter into cooperative agreements with agencies of the federal government or with private organizations to provide for the maintenance of the trail. A person who has granted a right-of-way for the trail across his land, or his successor in title, shall not be liable to any user of the trail for injuries suffered on that portion of the trail unless the injuries are caused by his willful or wanton misconduct.
B. The Department is authorized to (i) enter into written cooperative agreements with landowners, private organizations and individuals and (ii) acquire by agreement, gift or purchase land, rights-of-way and easements for the purpose of establishing, protecting and maintaining a walking trail right-of-way across the Commonwealth, under such terms and conditions, including payment by the Department of property taxes on trail lands or property so acquired or subject to such use, as shall protect the interests of the actual or adjacent landowners or land users and as shall further the purposes of this section. Any department or agency of the Commonwealth, or any political subdivision, may transfer to the Department land or rights in land for these purposes, on terms and conditions as agreed upon, or may enter into an agreement with the Department providing for the establishment and protection of the trail.
(Producer) In 1983 and 1986, two young women were brutally murdered on footpaths in Narborough, England. This program traces the investigation in that landmark case--the first to be solved using DNA as evidence. Author Joseph Wambaugh walks viewers through each stage of the investigation, including the final one, where Dr. Alec Jeffreys' newly invented technique of genetic fingerprinting is used for the first time to apprehend a suspect. DNA samples are gathered from all men in Narborough, and, in the process, the killer is identified. In court, DNA evidence is used to prove that the suspect is the killer.
A.2. Section 53 of the 2000 Act defines what, in general terms, is extinguished. The key effect (in subs.(1)) is to extinguish a highway which was a footpath or bridleway before 1 January 1949, which continues to be a footpath or bridleway in 2031, and which is unrecorded. Unrecorded means that the highway is not recorded in a definitive map and statement.
A.7. Both these exceptions were the subject of an assurance informally issued by Defra in October 2023. It is surprising that these exceptions were not specified in the 2000 Act, although there is a strong hint in s.56(2)(b) that regulations should be made in relation to the latter.
A.8. Defra also at that time said that highways in urban areas would be excepted in regulations, but the details of how an urban highway would be identified, and what provision would be made for trans-boundary highways (part in and part out) were not only not clarified, but are not currently the subject of any consensus.
A.9. Defra added that the Secretary of State had decided not to prescribe an exception for pre-1949 highways in continuing regular use. Such an exception was recommended by the Stakeholder Working Group on rights of way (albeit the definition of such ways had not been addressed), and widely expected and relied upon by stakeholders generally. As the decision is likely to have a very substantial practical effect in extinguishing footpaths, and bridleways, which, although not recorded, remain in regular use to this day, a reversal of the decision between now and 2031 cannot be ruled out.
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