Issue: Madison, pshaw; Cd'A is a real walking town/Dave Turner, Coeur d'Alene Press

More Info: Madison, Wis., was recently named tops in the nation for walking in a recent survey of the country's 100 most populated cities. Coeur d'Alene didn't make that list. ... Madison, with a population of about 250,000, received top honors in a survey published by Prevention magazine. It named the Wisconsin capitol -- 1,300 miles north of sunny Miami -- as the most walkable of the country's 100 most populated cities. The list was commissioned by the American Podiatric Medical Association based on certain criteria. It ran in editions of the magazine released this week. Madison beat out the likes of Austin, Texas (No. 2), San Francisco (No. 3) and Miami, which barely cracked the list at No. 98.

DFO: I've walked 900 miles since the first of last year. Frankly? I don't see many others walking -- unless you consider strolling along the lakeshore during the summer to be walking. I'd say Lewiston, Idaho, probably has far more walkers than we do because it has a wonderful pedestrian walkway system along the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater rivers. I still miss those wonderful walks on the Lewiston dikes during lazy summer evenings.

Question: Do you consider Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls or any other North Idaho town to be a walking town?

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