A few factoids to enliven the conversation at your fun-filled holiday weekend activities
With all of us making plans to ride bikes, take walks, and dine outside at a favorite restaurant’s sidewalk seating on this holiday weekend, I thought I’d cite a few healthy living factoids that you can toss around at your Memorial Day BBQ:
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Twenty-five percent of Americans say that traffic makes it unsafe to walk in their neighborhoods
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Nearly four in ten people –38 percent — say that their communities lack outdoor places for recreation
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Fifty-four percent say shopping and entertainment are not within walking distance
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Forty-eight percent say bike lanes are insufficient to make biking a practical mode of transportation
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Half of Americans want to live in pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods, including sidewalks and crosswalks
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One-fifth of Americans view walkability as a top priority. Fifty-two percent would like to live in a place where they do not need to use a car very often; this includes 63 percent of Millennials
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Four percent of Americans consider convenient public transportation to be a low priority, while 32 percent consider it a high priority
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Environmental quality is rated as a top priority or high priority by 87 percent of Americans.
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Green space, including parks, is ranked as the top or high priority by more than 50 percent of Americans
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About 50 percent rate proximity to family and friends and walkable neighborhoods as top or high priorities.
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