The 'remote' neighbourhoods, generally commuted via trains or trams, could themselves be designed to be walkable: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcar_sub

The 'remote' neighbourhoods, generally commuted via trains or trams, could themselves be designed to be walkable: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcar_suburb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcar_suburb * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWsGBRdK2N0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWsGBRdK2N0 So your work neighbourhood is walkable and your home/sleeping neighbourhood are walkable, it's just your commute that you don't perhaps walk (or cycle). Pre-WW2 / pre-car towns and villages outside of major metropolitan areas were reachable by train, but themselves pedestrian-based.