India is a nation of walkers - but its cities forgot them
I moved to Delhi, where roads seemed designed almost exclusively for cars. Yet it is also the one India's cities have neglected most consistently.It's remarkable because India remains, above all, a nation of walkers. Around 45 million people walk to work every day, according to census-based estimates, compared with only about 5.4 million who commute in private cars, jeeps or vans.Nearly a third of urban workers walk to work, while virtually every bus or metro journey begins and ends on foot.
- ▪I moved to Delhi, where roads seemed designed almost exclusively for cars.
- ▪Yet it is also the one India's cities have neglected most consistently.It's remarkable because India remains, above all, a nation of walkers.
- ▪Around 45 million people walk to work every day, according to census-based estimates, compared with only about 5.4 million who commute in private cars, jeeps or vans.Nearly a third of urban workers walk to work, while virtually every bus or
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India is a nation of walkers - but its cities forgot themImage source, AFP via Getty ImagesImage caption, Around 45 million people walk to work every day, according to census-based estimatesBySoutik BiswasIndia correspondentPublished10 minutes agoFor much of my life, walking in Indian cities has felt less like exercising a right than negotiating an obstacle course.I grew up in Kolkata, where wide pavements disappeared beneath rows of hawkers. I moved to Delhi, where roads seemed designed almost exclusively for cars.
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