Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Riders Who Take Mass Transit Regularly May Lose Weight

With the Marta cuts coming, there is a far reaching effect of public transportation.  Here is one on health.  The article is from npr.org.
Riders Who Take Mass Transit Regularly May Lose Weight
by Brenda Wilson
Using light rail regularly can actually make you lighter. Not the sitting and riding from home to work and back again, but all the walking in between.
A year after a light rail system in Charlotte, North Carolina began running, commuters who took light rail to work regularly were 6.45 pounds lighter than the folks who drove, researchers found.
Factoring in the walk to the bus stop, the walk from the bus stop to the rail stop, and then the walk to work and back, "It could add an extra mile a day [of walking] for the average rider. Over the course of year, that mile a day will translate into substantial loss of weight," says John M. MacDonald who co-authored the study.
Read on here.

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