In New York City, we walk a lot. So much, in fact, that a study by Fitbit reported that New York is the most active state in the U.S.
In FitBit's study, New York came out on top year-round. This result was undoubtedly fueled by us city dwellers who often walk more than people living in any other U.S. city.
Now, there's a website called Treated who did a flabbergasting amount of calculating to promote even more walking for New Yorkers.
How much calculating?
Well, they calculated how many calories an average person could burn by walking between every single NYC subway stop (yes, all 468 stops). They also calculated the number of calories New Yorkers could burn by running or even biking from stop to stop, rather than walking.
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Here's a morsel. Did you know you can burn 151 calories by walking from Essex Street to Marcy Avenue? Even the walk from Grand Central to 33rd Street is 45 calories.
How did Treated perform all these calculations? It pretty much seems like sorcery to us, but from our understanding they used standardized points of reference like weight and speed travelled. Which means these calculations were based on people who weren't walking very hard or very fast.
via Treated
via Treated
Since we all walk really hard, really fast all the time, we can add at least twenty calories to each calculation, right?
We're kidding, but still. Check out this map and revel in the glory of being such an active, awesome effin' city of people.