‘Worst Walking City’ in U.S. Gets Back on its Feet

Reader Contribution by Jay Walljasper
Published on March 28, 2016
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Part of Oklahoma City’s growing trail network.

The U.S. gave up on walking in the mid-20th Century — at least planners and politicians did. People on foot were virtually banished from newly constructed neighborhoods. Experts assured us that cars and buses (and eventually helicopters and jet packs) would efficiently take us everywhere we wanted to go.

Walking is Up in the U.S.

Thankfully, most Americans refused to stop walking. Today — even after 70 years of auto-centered transportation policies — more than 10 percent of all trips are on foot, according to Paul Herberling of the U.S. Department of Transportation. That number rises to 28 percent for trips under one mile.

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