by Harold Henderson on November 15th 2007 - 7:21 a.m.
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Many of us, and most city planners, love the idea of walking to work. But where is it actually happening? Check out this site for data geeks, city-data.com (h/t Sam Smith).
There are three towns in the US of over 5,000 people where more than half of the people walk to work: West Point NY (58%), Air Force Academy CO (56%), and Fort Gordon GA (53%).
The top three walking towns over 10,000 population: Storrs CT (45%), Amherst Center MA (42%), and Ithaca NY (41%).
In Illinois: North Chicago (27%).
Are college campuses and military bases the wave of the future -- or a signal of the difficulties of encouraging this lifestyle among the general population? I'm not sure they're everybody's cup of tea, but I can think of worse models.
and otherwise. Recently updated blogs are in bold text.
There's a chance somebody will shoot you if you try to run them down in your car (or that person you try to run down could be your commanding officer!)
People don't walk in Chicago because:
a) They are lazy fat asses
b) Cab drivers (and others, but cab drivers are the worst) drive like they are in a demolition derby contest.
Why, cab drivers? Why? Why do you keep trying to run down your customers, the pedestrians?