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Chapter 14TRANSPORTATIONAs it turns out this may be the next big area where it is easy to make changes in yourlifestyle. By getting out, doing some more walking, taking transit and if you need acar, looking at the new hybrids, you can make a big d ifference pretty quickly.WalkingObviously this means we need to be walking as much as we can. This failure to useour natural means of locomotion has lead to the growing problem health problemsrelated to being overweight. When you combine larger portion s of fat infested food,watching more than several hours of television a day, and work that typicallyrequires little more than sitting at a computer terminal all day, it is no wonder we aregetting out of shape. Simply speaking we need to get up on our god given feet andwalk. I believe far more in the need for us to exercise this simple and usefulcapability than any kind of dietary changes. When we can walk we shouldand weneed to regain a joy in doing so.In the long run this will mean changing our communitieswe need more walkingpaths, side walks, and connections between facilities that require us to walk.Combined with biking trails, shelters for walkers and bikers, we all need to make it awhole lot more appealing to get out and get there on our o wn two feet.TransitIf, like me, you must commute to work then learn more about your local transitsystem. If you are lucky, the system will be as good as the one that services the areawhere I live. Of course the system could be a lot better. Make the b reak fromdriving your car. For the first year after living in our new home I was driving formore than an hour into downtown Toronto where I worked. This was partlyÜ Transit can eliminate an hours worth of highwaycommuters.178