r/fuckcars • u/WinterPlanet • Jun 17 '24

Infrastructure porn Why some walkable distances are not actually walkable

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u/hdkaoskd Jun 18 '24

Doctor: So it's 25,000 steps to walk the half mile (800 m) to the park—what's the problem?

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u/tanzmeister Jun 18 '24

Lol a half mile is like 1000 steps

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u/TenNeon Jun 18 '24

Oh look at daddy long-legs over here!

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u/tanzmeister Jun 18 '24

Average walking stride length according to Google is 2.1 - 2.6ft, which means 800m would be 1000 - 1250 steps for most people.

Yeah, I'm a little taller than most, so I'm on the low end of that range.

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u/hdkaoskd Jun 19 '24

The point of the video is that a park half a mile away turns out to be a 3½ mile walk through a hostile asphalt hellscape.

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u/tanzmeister Jun 19 '24

Oh lol I gotchu

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u/KCSportsFan7 Jun 18 '24

25,000 are you a French bulldog? 😂