Human Transit: walking in america

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04/11/2012

walking in america

Tom Vanderbilt at Slate is doing a series this week at Slate.com on the crisis of walking in America. He ties it to a range of issues in public health. It's also an essential part of providing more efficient (and therefore abundant) transit systems.

The first installment is here, the second here.

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For some further illustration, a while back I made a photographic account of my attempting to walk in Tyson's corner: http://bullneckroad.tumblr.com/post/17906573984/zoltan-tries-to-walk-in-northern-virginia-part-1
And that was one of the more comfortable pedestrian trips that I've attempted in Northern Virginia.

Posted by: Zoltán | 04/12/2012 at 18:42

We need a national funding program for sidewalks. It's amazing how hard it is to get a sidewalk installed.

Posted by: Nathanael | 04/18/2012 at 07:56

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