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Percentage of Europeans Who Walk and/or Cycle 30+ Mins Per Day (infosec.pub)
submitted 2 months ago by EfreetSK@lemmy.world to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
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Source: https://brilliantmaps.com/europe-walk-cycle/

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[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 months ago (4 children)

0.1%? What? How do people move in Cyprus, do they crawl instead, or fly, or something?

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

possible explanation would be that 99.9% walk and cycle. but not for 30 mins or more. Still crazy statistic

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I suspect bad data or misunderstood question. Even if you go everywhere by car or public transport, accumulating 30 min of walking is not that unlikely.

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 months ago

I think almost no one took it as cumulative or underestimate how long it takes to walk anywhere. I could easily accumulate 30 minutes of walking during work and I'm sitting in an office most of the time.

[–] exchange12rocks@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Everyone drive everywhere. And park as close as possible to their destination place

And yes, when not driving, many people just sit on their arse pretty much the whole day

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

bizarre coutry selection. Switzerland and UK are not included, alongside the usual non included balkan states, so maybe it's EU? but serbia yes, then you have norway added in, also turkey, which is always a toss up here, so what's the grouping?

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

Map is based on data from Eurostat, which is an organisation that when it comes to its data is like a federation of 'federated' national statistical organisations so they don't collect data themselves or choose in which countries they do or do not collect data.

@neidu3@sh.itjust.works @merde@sh.itjust.works

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Norway isn't EU.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So the Netherlands basically beats the rest by at least 1.6x?

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

honestly, are you surprised?

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Yes a little bit, but i guess the Dutch cycle all across the country where people in other countries only tend to do so if they live in a bike-friendly city.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

this map should be regional and not national.

Flatlands and mountains would give completely different percentages.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Seems like they don't have data by region, but they do have by gender (don't ask me why though): https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/HLTH_EHIS_PE6E__custom_12706180/default/table?lang=en

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

Brits aren't Europeans. Got it.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

no data for UK & Switzerland?

& Albania + exYugoslavia

[–] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

"Observation flags: (u) low reliability"

Yeah, that tracks.

[–] Tim_Bisley@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

I'm surprised by Slovakia? On par with Denmark. Do they have a decent biking infrastructure there?