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Mar 16 2008
11:30 am
Best walking cities in US....
By: jbr

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.
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It's a good thing they

Submitted by bizgrrl on Sun, 2008/03/16 - 12:07pm.

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.

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SRO

Submitted by ~ART~ (not verified) on Sun, 2008/03/16 - 12:50pm.

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

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Yeah, it's incredibly low. I

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2008/03/17 - 3:18pm.

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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