The lens through which you see mobility

Today's Post has an article, "Study: When kids become teens, they get sluggish," about the decline in exercise activity as children age, particularly in the teen years. I only skimmed the article, but in my skimming I didn't see any mention of a precipitous fall off once youths reach the typical "driving age" of 16. I know for myself, my bicycling dropped off precipitously once I was old enough to drive. (I lived about 6 miles from high school, we used to bike ride to the nearby Birmingham commercial district in the summers.) I still exercised quite a bit though, being a cross country and track running, and delivering the Detroit Free Press, and later, working (and standing and walking a lot) in a restaurant.

The NYT has a piece, "Abstract City: The Boys and the Subway," about how two NYC pre-schoolers are enamored with the subways. It's very cute. Likely these boys will be far more oriented to transit (and walking and maybe bicycling) as they get older.

Illustration by Christoph Neimann for the New York Times.