stackyFACTSBecause humanity's sheer laziness has successfully engineered the act of walking right out of our daily routines.
Because humanity's sheer laziness has successfully engineered the act of walking right out of our daily routines. Despite owning two-ton, heavily armored machines capable of traveling hundreds of miles on a single tank, federal transit data shows that roughly 60% of all car trips taken in the US are under three miles. We are burning fossil fuels, sitting in traffic, and paying absurd insurance premiums primarily just to get to a grocery store that is a 15-minute walk away.
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