Comments on: How walk-friendly is your community? http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/how-walk-friendly-is-your-community/ Family Life On The Green Side Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:07:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Loretta http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/how-walk-friendly-is-your-community/comment-page-1/#comment-5146 Loretta Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:03:09 +0000 http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/?p=3554#comment-5146 I was shocked to see a score of 66 for my neighborhood, which I consider to be very difficult for walkers due to heavy traffic, a lack of sidewalks on most streets, no crosswalks or pedestrian signals at major intersections and a somewhat high crime rate. I live in an apartment complex, alongside a major freeway and in a neighborhood between two other major highways in a suburb of a large city. We are surrounded by a large, sprawling retail/restaurant area, but the area is not at all pedestrian-friendly. WalkScore apparently bases its scores solely on the geographical proximity of businesses, schools, etc. (as plotted on Mapquest) with no consideration for pedestrian safety. I was shocked to see a score of 66 for my neighborhood, which I consider to be very difficult for walkers due to heavy traffic, a lack of sidewalks on most streets, no crosswalks or pedestrian signals at major intersections and a somewhat high crime rate. I live in an apartment complex, alongside a major freeway and in a neighborhood between two other major highways in a suburb of a large city. We are surrounded by a large, sprawling retail/restaurant area, but the area is not at all pedestrian-friendly.

WalkScore apparently bases its scores solely on the geographical proximity of businesses, schools, etc. (as plotted on Mapquest) with no consideration for pedestrian safety.

]]> By: Diana http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/how-walk-friendly-is-your-community/comment-page-1/#comment-4972 Diana Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:33:26 +0000 http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/?p=3554#comment-4972 I tried it out and my walkable score is a big fat 0. It's true you need to drive everywhere, we're in a rural area. My old NYC address was an 88, but surprisingly, my mom's town, not a huge city, but a nice size town, is 98. I expected the city to be more walkable. I tried it out and my walkable score is a big fat 0. It’s true you need to drive everywhere, we’re in a rural area.
My old NYC address was an 88, but surprisingly, my mom’s town, not a huge city, but a nice size town, is 98. I expected the city to be more walkable.

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