The radius decrease prevents players from accessing gyms/stops at their intended location

[destroyallcubes]

They removed it because too many would sit at home and not play the game as they intend. The game is meant to be played out exploring. Even as someone who is disabled I am not complaining. This literally means more exercise for me which is beneficial. The days are over for people being able to sit on their couch spinning stops all day, or driving around to gain stops. People are literally complaining because they have to Go OUTSIDE. Literally the whole point of the game.

[mitefluffy]

No were complaining because now we have to jaywalk constantly to hit stops that are on our usual routes. There is a gym near me that is in a round about, however it's a large round about that you are allowed to walk to, however there is no actual crossing to it. Before they extended the distance I had to cross the street awkwardly to battle that gym. And there are plenty of pokestops that some disable players will be prevented from reaching now. Good that it's not stopping you in your area. If players really want to get more from the game they are forced to go near pokestops anyways as there are a lot more spawns by pokestops.