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50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
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“The benefits of walkability are all interconnected,” says James Francisco, an urban designer and
planner at Arup, the global engineering firm that created the report. “Maybe you want your local
business to be enhanced by more foot traffic. But by having that benefit, other benefits are integrated.
Not only do you get the economic vitality, but you get the social benefits–so people are out and
having conversations and connecting–and then you get the health benefits.” A single intervention can
also lead to environmental and political benefits.
The report sifted through dozens of studies to quantify 50 benefits of walkability in cities.
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People who walk 8.6 minutes a day are 33% more likely to report
better mental health.
If people drove one less day a week, it could reduce 3.8 million tons of
greenhouse gas emissions a year.
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