Talking about healthy adults living their everyday life.
Looking at my friends and relatives, I feel like usually if it’s over ca **2.0 km**, then people start to use other options if it’s just going to a shop or work or stuff like that.
But if it’s like a walk home after a party when the taxis are having their peak season or going to visit a friend on a weekend, it is more like over **4 km**.
(depends on the options, of course, like having a good and fast bus connection vs walking by a nasty highway is more likely to land you in a bus, while a walk through a nice green neighbourhood vs having to take several buses would get you a walk). Worth noting that my answer is based on somewhat smaller towns, the numbers might be higher for the capital and countryside.
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Depends on daytime and the season, but usually if something can be reached by a 30 minute walk I’ll walk. If it’s particularly nice out and I got time I may make it up to an hour since I can book it in my brain as an activity in itself.
Height differences play a role, too. Walk 2k on flat terrain is one thing but if there’s a 10 or 15 percent slope things change.
Depends on the circumstances and availability of alternatives. I’d walk 2 or 3 km if I’m elsewhere and presented with no other viable choice, but I’m out of the door with my bicycle in 30 seconds so I just take that if a trip in my hometown exceeds 500 m. Similiarly I’d use my bicycle for trips up to 10 or 15 km if I’m in a mood for it and the weather is nice, but in shit weather I’ll only bike 2 or 3 km across town and drive for any out of town trips.
I’d say similar to you somewhat around 2 to 5 km. Also depends on how much time I have or what the weather is like.
Interesting subject, since recently I’ve been considering longer walks when going somewhere.
If just a couple of years ago, I would consider walking for 20min as my limit, nowadays I can easily consider walking for an hour to get somewhere. I’m talking about locations inside Lisbon city, where I live
The thing is, when talking about living in a city center, most people list having access to everything as a quality, but then, you start to see that getting to does things can be a little tricky. Either poor public transportation, or in the case of the car, traffic and parking issues.
So walking in the city has become very pleasurable for me. It allows me to just depende on myself, and i can see more details of my surroundings. And of course there is the health benefits of walking
So for the limite in distance, I would say that around 5/6km, for something far but still comfortable.
I use my electric scooter for short distances and car or public transport for longer distances. I don’t walk a lot because I live in a very urbanised and industrial area where it’s not fun to walk.
Most people here cycle shorter distances, so walking distance would be _really_ short. 10 or 15 minutes, max?
< 3km = by foot. >3km = by bike.
But even if I go out to a bar around the corner on a Friday night, I take my bike with me. Chances are high we would move to another place in the city.
That being said, I often wake up on Saturday thinking my bike got stolen. Just to realise I left it somewhere. Then I have to go on a bar quest…funny as you often meet friends who have the same problem.
1.5 km, about that. But that’s for longer walks, or when I don’t have my bicycle with me and I had to take the last bus. Usually I take the bicycle if it’s more than 500 m away.
If it’s really nice nature, and I feel like it, I could walk about 3 km. My legs are more adapted to bicycling and running than walking, though.
Well, I don’t have a car or a bike. So I’d mostly just walk everywhere but if it’s more than about 7-8km I would probably take the bus. But that’s in my hometown. If its somewhere I don’t know well and don’t know the fastest route to somewhere I’d probably take the bus at a shorter distance like say 4km
I live in a super walkable area, yet I rarely walk anywhere because I can just take my bike instead. It’s faster and more convenient. Any distance under 300-500 or so meters is walkable for me, anything more and it’s a bike trip.
For me it’s how much time It takes, I know that in 10-15 minutes I can make 1 km without running. How much time I want to spend while going there? Am I with someone else? If yes I ask them what they prefer since I made 5-10 km by foot Just because I didn’t want to wait for the next bus (1 hour more or less)
People walk more in cities. You never get public transportation door to door, so you can also walk the 15 minutes to the shop or school or whatever.
I walk most distances in my village but will prefer bike or car when I have to take the country road with no sidewalk.
In my city the bicycle is the predominant mode of transport, most people owm several bikes and they are just parked outside of the flats. So for me and most people the maximum distance I’d walk is somewhere around 500 m. If it’s further I’d take my bike. Most people in my city switch from their bike to motorised transport on trips over 10km according to the most recent studies. This is way above the German average but pretty accurate in my experience.
Depends. Is it for work or in my free time? Is the terrain flat or not? What’s the weather like? Are there good public transportation options? How full are the streets?
Depends on topography more than distance I’d say. Walking 5km on flat ground isn’t an issue, walking 2km up a mountain is.
I bike everywhere that is not directly adjacent. Always have. I go by car if I need to transport something that I can’t carry in my backpack or f I need to fo farther than 10-12 km if I don’t use a train instead. I prefer to use trains if using a car wouldn’t cost too much time. Time is of less importance if the distances are longer. Meaning: If I could co by car and use 7 hours, and going by train would take 10 hours, I would still go by train.
Really depends on the context, honestly. If I’m running errands, I don’t want to walk more than 10min because I’ll probably be loaded with stuff to carry or I need to go to multiple places. I’ll bike instead. If it’s part of my commute, or going to a friend’s place or something, walking 30-40min isn’t unusual for me. If I need to get back home late after some event, I’ve walked several times for 1h rather than taking an expensive taxi or a bus full of drunk people (mind you, in a fairly safe city that I know well).
Depends. If I have the time, I’ll walk quite far. I used to walk 6,5km to work whenever I could, and one did 24km for a meeting.
Usually I take my bike for everything between 1km and 30km, though.
Except when it’s pissing down or we have a full snow cover, then I’ll take public transport.
I’ve lived in 3 big cities. Walking was preferred over car (didn’t have one) and also over bike because of terrain.
I prefer to talk in time. 1h walks were usual when returning from clubbing. 30 mins walks are usual. My friend group is the same. Some people I know from smaller towns would take the car in almost any situation instead.
Now, if you put kids in the mix, it’s bus or metro or taxi over anything else
I regularly walk to work which is 2 km and people call me crazy. People even drive to a shop that is 500 meters away.
Sometimes I do walk to the nearby gas station (it has a 0-24 spar), but I drive there more often than not. According to google, the distance is about 1,3 km. Assuming my behaviour is normal, most people probably already use vehicles for trips atleast 1 km long.
Goes something like that for me, unless I want to take an actual walk. 15 minutes walking max.. Above that bike up to like 30 min. Everything beyond that either public transport or car depnding on where I go and wheter there is a line that gets me there in an acceptable time.
2-3 kilometers, I will always walk, but may walk up to 5 km regularly.
I cycle to work pretty much always, used to be 25 kilometers every day for over a decade (in nordic winter weather too), now my work commute is only 5 km each way so 10 km every day by bike. Sometimes I walk to work and back as well, it is really calming to start the day with an hour walk, and the route takes me through a woodland area with no traffic at all.
I may walk a longer bit just so I do not need to lock my good bikes in places where they may get stolen – at home the bikes live inside my apartment. If I am not in a hurry, I often walk instead of biking. Never drive, and public transport is always the last option (too far by other means).
I think 10-15min is the limit people are usually willing to walk in Finland, and over 1/2h walk will be done with a bike or car usually and bus if it’s a city.
Living in London and doesn’t own a car. I would walk anything less than 10km unless I am in a hurry or the weather is bad or it is late at night. I have a bicycle as well but I used that for working out purpose.
Its very low like 10 min/500m max because i will just always cycle its simply in my genes
In london I’d say anything that’s further than 20min by foot. If I can walk it within 20 mins I’d walk rather than get the tube.
I own a car, motorbike and easy walk from a station as well as like driving, but anything within 5km is walking distance for me provided I’m not carrying anything, 1-2km if I’m carrying stuff like shopping.