Trying to understand why Septa buses and trolleys run slower on Saturdays

[chessimprov]

Originally Posted by MarketStEl

That's not even a quarter of a mile, at least I don't think it is, if you're talking crossing City Avenue on that pedestrian bridge, then walking up past the TD Bank and then behind that small strip of shops to get to Target. You can go into the lower level parking and up the stairs to save having to go up that ramp on one side to get to the main entrance.

That does tell me something about walking in an autocentric environment vs. a pedestrian-friendly one, though.

I think that distance works out to about three Center City blocks.

Most Center City residents wouldn't call that distance "a lot of walking," partly because there's much to draw one along as one walks down a typical Center City street.

I might not want to walk that route with lots of heavy bags because of the bridge, but otherwise, that's no long trek, at least not as I'm used to walking. The distance to my local supermarket from my front door is longer (three and a half blocks), and I walk that all the time.

For people that don't know those nuances within the various possible walking paths, that can be hard to navigate in my opinion. Otherwise, great advice!

[MarketStEl]

Originally Posted by chessimprov

For people that don't know those nuances within the various possible walking paths, that can be hard to navigate in my opinion. Otherwise, great advice!

I agree with you about the "hard to navigate" part - and that reinforces my point about walking in an autocentric environment vs. walking in a pedestrian-friendly one.

The latter may have driveways from garages with cars crossing the sidewalk, but otherwise, the paths for walkers are clear, not obscure, and easy to figure out and negotiate.

The path I described isn't easy to decipher or navigate, even if there are sidewalks along most of it, because most of the easy paths to figure out are devoted to getting cars in and out.

The existence of the pedestrian bridge there is itself a sign that the environment isn't really walkable.