Why don’t Americans walk more? The crisis of pedestrianism. - Slate Magazine
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Tom Vanderbilt writes about the changes in walking behavior and designing better walking spaces in cities for Slate.
The average American takes 5,117 steps a day. Australians: 9,695; Japan 7,168. Amish Canadians walk 18,000+ steps a day.
Pedestrians have been found to take evasive action anywhere from 2 to 17 feet ahead of a stationary or moving obstacle.
If a subway has five flights of stairs only 4% of people will take the stairs.
Walking on escalators is banned in Japan!
3:31 PM Apr 11 2012