Why are European cities so walkable?

European cities are walkable and American ones generally are not because most European cities were built and designed well before the car was invented. Towns and markets needed to be connected via horse and walkable once inside simply because there was no other popular mode of transportation.



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Most walking trips were <2 miles in distance (97%) and <60 minutes in duration (99%). According to the distance decay function, about 65% of walking trips were >0.25 miles, and about 18% of walking trips were >1 mile. About 69% of walking trips lasted >5 minutes, and about 23% of walking trips lasted >20 minutes.

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