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Study puts cities' best feet forward

If you live in Washington, D.C.; Boston or San Francisco, you're in the top three walkable urban areas of the country, according to ranking from The Brookings Institution published today. And as the report's author Chris Leininger tells Kai Ryssdal, consumers want to walk -- even in L.A.

People walk along Haight Street in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)

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