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You can sort by the various columns, unless you're on a phone. Madrid, Barcelona, and Berlin have 30+% of people walking to work. And these are metro areas of more than 1 million people, not small towns. NYC is #9 at 28%; the next American one is San Francisco at just 5%, then Boston and DC and some more. Granted that's more than the city proper -- but that's true of NYC too!
For biking we have Osaka and Berlin at 20 and 18% (I'm sticking to First World cities, on the grounds of more people having the money for cars, which was maybe less true in 2005 Beijing.) NYC and Portland are the first US cities at 3%.
For metro areas between 250,000 and 1 million, there are a bunch at more than 25% walking. The first US city is Buffalo, at 6%. Biking starts at 48 or 40% for Dutch cities, a bunch have 25%, the first US is Buffalo again, at 1%... granted, Buffalo is apparently the only US metro in that range listed, so it's not super comprehensive.
For least car use, we have Hong Kong and Tokyo at 12% (mostly transit for HK, Tokyo has a lot more walking and biking), Osaka 18%, Paris 20%, NYC 32%.
Canada looks pretty US, except for higher transit use.
You can sort by the various columns, unless you're on a phone. Madrid, Barcelona, and Berlin have 30+% of people walking to work. And these are metro areas of more than 1 million people, not small towns. NYC is #9 at 28%; the next American one is San Francisco at just 5%, then Boston and DC and some more. Granted that's more than the city proper -- but that's true of NYC too!
For biking we have Osaka and Berlin at 20 and 18% (I'm sticking to First World cities, on the grounds of more people having the money for cars, which was maybe less true in 2005 Beijing.) NYC and Portland are the first US cities at 3%.
For metro areas between 250,000 and 1 million, there are a bunch at more than 25% walking. The first US city is Buffalo, at 6%. Biking starts at 48 or 40% for Dutch cities, a bunch have 25%, the first US is Buffalo again, at 1%... granted, Buffalo is apparently the only US metro in that range listed, so it's not super comprehensive.
For least car use, we have Hong Kong and Tokyo at 12% (mostly transit for HK, Tokyo has a lot more walking and biking), Osaka 18%, Paris 20%, NYC 32%.
Canada looks pretty US, except for higher transit use.