Do Walkable Neighborhoods Encourage Walking?

A study investigates if people walk more in neighborhoods designed for walkability.

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February 19, 2005, 1:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"An article in today's Vancouver Sun (subscription required) reports on a new study showing that, in neighborhoods that are designed to make walking convenient, people do, in fact, walk more...In such neighborhoods, people walk because it's a convenient form of transportation, not simply because it's good exercise...our physical environments powerfully guide the choices that are seemingly made of our own free will."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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