Anyone care to join the challenge and walk all the streets in the town they live?
New Rochelle New York, 10.67 square miles, and my home. 10.67 square miles does not seem like a lot of space however it contains 175 miles of road according to the New Rochelle 1996 Comprehensive Plan. So the challenge set by my husband is to walk all 175 miles. This may turn out to be problematic as it includes interstate and state highways in addition to city and county roads. Some of these are clearly not walkable but we will walk all roads that don't specifically say pedestrians are prohibited. I'll report as we go and .....to misquote a statement attributed to Captain Oates by Scott during their South Pole expedition... this may take some time. The good thing is that unlike Scott I don't care that others have been there before me.
Anyone care to join the challenge and walk all the streets in the town they live?
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Author: Nina ArronI am an enthusiastic pedestrian, urban planner, and project manager currently living in New Rochelle, New York. I am grateful to be living in a walkable city with affordable easily accessible public transport (both trains and buses). My appreciation became even greater after spending three years back in New Zealand where it was much harder to fit daily walking into my life in what is considered one of the great natural, green environments in the world. Archives
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