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Bookmark or Share- What Makes a Neighborhood Walkable - Walk ScoreWhat makes a neighborhood walkable? A center: Walkable neighborhoods have a center, whether it's a main street or a public space. People: Enough people for businesses to flourish and for public transit to run frequently. Mixed income, mixed use: Affordable housing located near businesses.
- What is Walkability? | Walkable CitiesWalkability is a relatively new area of study in America since we've spent the last century expanding car infrastructure. As such, the precise definition of walkability (along with the method by which it's measured) is not concrete from study to study. The most obvious and broad definition of walkability, given by a study at the Hamad Bin ...
- What is Walkability? (And Why it Matters for Health, Resilience ...Walkability is physical wellbeing. The average resident of a walkable neighborhood weighs less than someone who lives in a sprawling neighborhood. Walkability is associated with higher levels of arts organizations, creativity, and civic engagement.
- Ten social benefits of walkable places | CNUHere’s a list of 10 social benefits of designing and building human-scale cities and towns. Promotes active living, for longer and better lives. Living in a walkable place that allows for activity built into each day benefits every age group, and helps people to live longer.
- Redefining Walkability | Urban InstituteAlthough these solutions are a step in the right direction, our walkability categories demonstrate that safe streets and walkable neighborhoods go beyond traffic-calming measures and infrastructure improvements, and a more expansive approach is needed.
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