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Where People Run in Major Cities

Where People Run in Major Cities
There are many exercise apps that allow you to keep track of your running, riding, and other activities. Record speed, time, elevation, and location from your phone, and millions of people do this, me included. However, when we look at activity logs, whether they be our own, from our friends, or from a public timeline, the activities only appear individually. What about all together? Not only is it fun to see, but it can be useful to the data collectors to plan future workouts or even city planners who make sure citizens have proper bike lanes and running paths. Ever since I saw Nikita Barsukov map running traces in a handful of European cities, I wondered what the paths looked like for others. The maps below are what I got, mostly for American cities, but there are a few European cities in there too (alphabetical order). Click to embiggen. Boston Charlotte Chicago Columbus Dallas Washington, DC Lincoln London Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis New York Paris Philadelphia Salt Lake City San Francisco Sydney

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