Best walking cities in US....

Submitted by jbr on Sun, 2008/03/16 - 11:30am.

I expected to see Chattanooga in there.

The lists
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Knoxville is ranked sixth best in Tennessee
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We have some good walking areas but walking for everyday life tasks is tougher to implement.



It's a good thing they

It's a good thing they linked "a high number if people ride mass transit" in Knoxville to UT. Otherwise, I can't imagine what the number is for a low number of people riding mass transit.

SRO

I dunno, it's close to SRO on the 8:15 11A most mornings long past the strip.

Yeah, it's incredibly low. I

Yeah, it's incredibly low. I have some info saved from when I was putting a paper together for college. It's something like 85% that drive to work alone and 0.2% take public transport. Only 2.2% walk.

make that 85% 90 percent if you're in Farragut :o

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