Governing magazine examined data from the US Census Bureau and found the 10 cities with the highest percentage of people who walk to work. Cambridge topped the list with almost one-quarter of workers walking to their jobs. New Haven placed eighth with foot-commuters accounting for more than 11% of workers in the city.
Nationally, less than 3% of all workers walk to their jobs.
The article points to cities that have small city-blocks and dense neighborhoods as being conducive to walking. These conditions are often found in older cities.
Walking to work has gained in popularity in a number of places, including Atlanta where people are moving closer to their workplaces in order to avoid a notoriously congested highway system around the city.
