A map showing percent who walk to work in USA

[n2doc]

[Nye Bevan]

1. Doing this by state is obviously too coarse.

Obviously NY is blue because of all the people who walk to work in NYC. But making the entire state blue is kind of misleading. And Illinois and Wisconsin are probably only in the 3 to 3.9 category because of people walking to work in Chicago and Milwaukee.

And am I alone in finding Alaska a little baffling here?

[arcane1]

3. Me too. I saw Alaska and assumed blue was the lowest number.

[B2G]

5. Maybe they count walking dogs

who are pulling the sled. IDK...

[magical thyme]

6. maybe they all work from home?

too cold to set foot outside?

[harrose]

7. I don't know about that....

... I live in NYC. I think you'll find many more people who take the subway and bus to work than walk.

[Travis_0004]

10. Anchorage contains about 40% of alaskas population

So if Anchorage is very walkable, it could boost the states numbers. I also assume if people only walk half the year, it still counts. If I lived in Achorage, I would be willing to walk 1/2 a mile in the summer when its 70. When its 0 degrees in the winter, I would drive.

[arcane1]

2. Alas, I used to be one of those.

But at least now I still walk to and from the train

[Brickbat]

4. I walk to my kitchen table, which is my office. Does that count?

[elias49]

8. Think of the temperature..

fewer people walking where it's hot out. Generally speaking.

[JI7]

9. there are some who would love to be able to walk to work but can't