“Research suggests that walking or cycling for just half an hour a day can have a significant improvement on our state of health. But why don’t we do it more?” The answer, he said, was that too many towns made it virtually impossible. “It might help if the built environment was more appealing and attractive to pedestrians.”
I agree with him. I have to travel to clients all over the city. These office parks and buildings I go to are located on highways and places that in no way encourage walking. It would be so dangerous with no sidewalks and things spaced so very far apart. I'm no urban planner for sure but I think our city should be a lot more walkable. Even these new housing developments are completely car oriented. You'd have to be crazy to walk out there in the street and no way let a kid out to play.
Exactly
Everything around my way is located in a shopping mall/corporate center that you have to drive to