3 ms·
Adults in Japan walking an hour a day on average seems too high, seems like an exaggeration honestly. If not - is their public transportation that bad? Or do t
by kristofferR 6y ago
Adults in Japan walking an hour a day on average seems too high, seems like an exaggeration honestly.
If not - is their public transportation that bad? Or do they just skip public transportation for short trips?
- 627467 6y agoWhy is it "that bad"? Is great (public) transportation, one that takes your exactly A to B with no delay or energy expenditure? I thought the point of this article is to demonstrate how this arrangement (of walking enough between A and B) has positive aspects.
- leobabauta 6y agoThey might walk 10 minutes from home to the train station platform, 10 minutes from the station to their office, and 10 minutes to lunch. Then reverse all of that for an hour total. Sometimes it’s a 15 minute walk, so that would make up for those who only have to walk 5 minutes.
- decafninja 6y agoTokyo at least, has one of the best urban public transportation systems in the world. I'd rank it at least one of the top 3 cities.