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They might walk 10 minutes from home to the train station platform, 10 minutes from the station to their office, and 10 minutes to lunch. Then reverse all of that for an hour total. Sometimes it’s a 15 minute walk, so that would make up for those who only have to walk 5 minutes.

Why is it "that bad"? Is great (public) transportation, one that takes your exactly A to B with no delay or energy expenditure? I thought the point of this article is to demonstrate how this arrangement (of walking enough between A and B) has positive aspects.

Tokyo at least, has one of the best urban public transportation systems in the world. I'd rank it at least one of the top 3 cities.