The walking distance measure denotes the distance that can be travelled by walking in a fixed amount of time. In Japan, the standard measure for walking distance is 80 metres = one minute walking time. This is the standard used in real estate listings, for example, if a building is a 10-minute walk from a particular train station it is 800 metres away.
Famous quotes containing the words walking, distance and/or measure:
“O who is glory in the shapeless maps,
Now make the world of me as I have made
A merry manshape of your walking circle.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“For time is the longest distance between two places.”
—Tennessee Williams (1914–1983)
“I thought of rhyme alone,
For rhyme can beat a measure out of trouble
And make the daylight sweet once more....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)