The benefits of walking:
- Prevention of chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and joint problems
- Reduces greenhouse gas emissions
- Reduced noise pollution
Within the Serre-Ponçon community of communes, 41% of home-to-work journeys are made within the commune of residence (30% to another commune in the community of communes and 29% to a commune outside the community of communes; INSEE 2020 data).
Of these trips within the commune, only 24% are made on foot and 1.6% by bike. 71% are made by motorized vehicle, despite the short distances involved.
Shared mapping tools are increasingly listing footpaths and footpaths (apart from paved sidewalks). This is the case ofOpenStreetMap.