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Walking has plummeted across America [View all]
https://www.axios.com/2023/11/16/walking-americans-declines-mapThere's been a staggering decline in the number of trips Americans take by putting one foot in front of the other, per a new report.
Why it matters: Walking is good for us.
That's true both on an individual level (thanks to the many health benefits it confers) and in the big-picture climate change sense (given that it's the OG form of zero-emissions travel).
Driving the news: The number of annual average daily walking trips dropped a whopping 36% in the contiguous U.S. between 2019 and 2022, per a new StreetLight Data report.
"In every metro and state that StreetLight analyzed, walking trips declined over the three-year period by at least 20%," per the report.
Why it matters: Walking is good for us.
That's true both on an individual level (thanks to the many health benefits it confers) and in the big-picture climate change sense (given that it's the OG form of zero-emissions travel).
Driving the news: The number of annual average daily walking trips dropped a whopping 36% in the contiguous U.S. between 2019 and 2022, per a new StreetLight Data report.
"In every metro and state that StreetLight analyzed, walking trips declined over the three-year period by at least 20%," per the report.
This is a serious problem. Walking is the easiest way to stay healthy both physically and mentally.
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