Thirty-five people met at noon one Saturday in the middle of March. After a brief orientation and formation into teams, the group began a 2.5-mile circuit along Lamar from 12th Street to Barton Springs Road. Each team came up with ideas for addressing key areas of concern about how to make this area more lively, safe and accessible. The walk was good fun in the sun, the group collected excellent information, and everyone learned a little more about how intersections, sidewalks, streets, and buildings work in a streetscape. Impressions were used to shape a community vision of Lamar Boulevard during an April charrette with Dan Burden.
Most people live too far from work to walk there.
Walking at a good pace, a person can easily traverse four miles in one hour. So four miles could make a good limit. There are people who commute long distances by car who waste that same amount of time twice, every day. In an hour's walk, you get both an hour of peace and meditation, and hour of light healthy exercise combined. I think that walking is pleasurable.