10 reasons for the walking renaissance

Following some great input from colleagues on Linkedin to my article (https://lnkd.in/e7h_SZ9), I’ve summarised below 10 possible contributing explanations for the 31% increase in walking trip rate in England (for trips under one mile) between 2015 and 2018 as indicated by National Travel Survey data:

1. Misrepresentation of actual levels of walking over time.
2. Faster than the bus at rush hour (and cheaper).
3. Favourable changes in the fashions of clothing and footwear.
4. Being able to ‘fiddle with one’s phone’ on the move.
5. Favourable changes in weather.
6. Easier to wayfind and judge time and distance (Google Maps Navigation).
7. Increase in (awareness of) the importance of physical activity for health and wellbeing.
8. Ability to monitor how many steps per day are taken (FitBit).
9. Augmented reality (Pokemon Go!).
10. Favourably changing perception of walking (walking because one wants to not because one has to).

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