Leon Freilich, Verse Responder: Subway Diet

Why are New Yorkers healthier & less obese than denizens
of Real America?  They’re walkers.  And why do they walk?
They don’t drive–they have the subway…

And now the MTA is taking credit for much of their walking.
It points out the typical NYer walks a quarter mile
to a subway station, and the same to the place of
work.  Plus leisure uses.  All these miles adds up,
says MTA.  And what they add up to is the subway diet.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/17/nyregion/17bigcity.html